Numèè language

Numèè (Naa Numee, Naa-Wee), or Kwényi (Kwenyii), is a New Caledonian language, the one spoken at the southern tip of the island, as well as on the Isle of Pines offshore. Despite its name, it is probably not the language that gave its name to the capital of New Caledonia, Nouméa; that seems to have been its close relative Ndrumbea, which used to be spoken there. Like Ndrumbea, Numèè is one of the few Austronesian languages with tones.

Numèè
Kwényi
Naa Numee
Native toNew Caledonia
RegionNouméa, Isle of Pines
Native speakers
2,200 (2009 census)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3kdk
Glottolognume1242
ELPNumèè
Numèè is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

References

  1. Numèè at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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