New Caledonian languages

New Caledonian
Kanak
Geographic
distribution
New Caledonia
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Proto-languageProto-New Caledonian
Language codes
Glottolognewc1243

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.