Subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family
Not to be confused with Languages of New Caledonia.
New Caledonian
Kanak
Geographic distribution
New Caledonia
Linguistic classification
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Southern Oceanic
New Caledonian
Proto-language
Proto-New Caledonian
Glottolog
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The thirty New Caledonian languages also known as Kanak languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. Their speakers are known as Kanaks. One language is extinct, one is critically endangered, four are severely endangered, five are endangered, and another five are vulnerable to extinction.
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The thirty NewCaledonianlanguages also known as Kanak languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. Their speakers are known as Kanaks....
collectivity is also home to about thirty NewCaledonianlanguages, which form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. They are spoken mainly by the indigenous...
specific persons, see List of NewCaledonians. Note that there is no language called "NewCaledonian". See Languages of New Caledonia. This disambiguation...
Many Austronesian languages: several languages in New Caledonia (see: NewCaledonianlanguages, Loyalty Island languages) two languages in Wallis & Futuna...
Tahitian, Samoan and Hawaiian are cousins of the NewCaledonianlanguages within the Oceanic language family. Linguistic analysis using the comparative...
are: Central Pacific languages Eastern Outer Islands languages Loyalty Islands languages Micronesian languagesNewCaledonianlanguages North and Central...
shared origin, Kanak languages historically diversified so much as to become mutually unintelligible. NewCaledonianlanguages are divided into several...
central Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Central Vanuatu languages and NewCaledonianlanguages). non-Austronesian, with some other languages traditionally classified...
native-speaking population is increasing. The NewCaledonianlanguages are most closely related to the languages of Vanuatu, which is also located in the Melanesian...
expected, NewCaledonian Javanese is somewhat different from Indonesian Javanese. NewCaledonian Javanese took many loanwords from French. NewCaledonian society...
The New Caledonia national rugby union team represents New Caledonia in rugby union. The team has been playing international rugby since the 1960s. All...
Union. New Caledonia has a land area of 18,575 km2 (7,172 sq mi) divided into three provinces. The North and South Provinces are on the NewCaledonian mainland...
Vanuatu, and NewCaledonianlanguages, and perhaps also some Central Vanuatu languages of Ambrym and Efate.: 823–826 Nevertheless, languages in the eastern...
also known as Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak after its two dialects, is a Kanak language of northern New Caledonia. Kumak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
Javanese NewCaledonians are an ethnic group of full or partial Javanese descent in New Caledonia. They have been present since between 1896 and 1949....
The Caledonians (/ˌkælɪˈdoʊniənz/; Latin: Caledones or Caledonii; Greek: Καληδῶνες, Kalēdōnes) or the Caledonian Confederacy were a Brittonic-speaking...
he was the president of the Senate from 1958 to 1968. Maurice Ponga, NewCaledonian politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for...
The Nemi language is a Kanak language spoken by 320 people in the north of New Caledonia, in the commune of Hienghène. Dialects include Ouanga, Ouélis...
(18th ed.). Ethnologue. Retrieved 31 December 2017. "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2017-12-29. v t e v t e...
Central Vanuatu languages are shown below: Initial consonant mutation also serves a grammatical purpose in some NewCaledonianlanguages. For example, Iaai...
as Aveke or 'Aveke) is a Kanak language of New Caledonia, in the commune of Voh. Bwatoo dialect is distinct. The language is considered endangered with...
Hmwaveke (’Moaveke) is a Kanak language of New Caledonia, in the commune of Voh. Hmwaveke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...
Orowe (ʼÔrôê, Boewe, Neukaledonien) is an Oceanic language of New Caledonia. Orowe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e v t e...