Sîshëë

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A language of New Caledonia

ISO 639-3
sih
Alternate Names
Nere, Siche, Sirhe, Yirhe, Yirhee, Ziche, Zira, Zire
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker died by the year 2000. Ethnic population: 19 (2009 census).

Location

North province: Poya commune; South province: Bourail commune; Coral Sea coastal plain.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, New Caledonian, Southern, South, Zire-Tiri
Language Use

There are reports of the language being revived (Wurm 2007). Shifted to French [fra].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sîshëë