Nemi language

Nemi
Native toHienghène, New Caledonia
Native speakers
910 (2009 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nem
Glottolognemi1240
ELPNemi
Nemi is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Nemi language is a Kanak language of the Austronesian language family spoken by 320 people in the north of New Caledonia, in the commune of Hienghène. Dialects include Ouanga, Ouélis, and Kavatch.[2]

Sample audio of spoken Nemi (intro and last part are French)
  1. ^ Nemi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Isabelle Bril, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Complex Predicates in Oceanic Languages: Studies in the Dynamics of Binding and Boundness (2012), p. 389.