Nengone

E195386

Nengone is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the indigenous Kanak people on Maré Island in New Caledonia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nengone canonical 6
Nengoné 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Kanak language
Oceanic language
country France
hasAlternativeName Mare
Mare Island language
Nengone
surface form: Nengoné
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers several thousand speakers
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasGlottocode neng1240
hasGlottologName Nengone self-link
hasISO639-3Code nen
hasLanguageStatus local language of New Caledonia
hasMorphologicalType predominantly analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between long and short vowels
isMinorityLanguageIn New Caledonia
isPartOf Kanak linguistic heritage
isRegulatedBy Agence de Développement de la Culture Kanak
surface form: Académie des Langues Kanak
isRelatedTo other Loyalty Islands languages
isSpokenPrimarilyOn Maré Island NERFINISHED
isUsedIn local education on Maré Island
traditional oral literature of Maré Island
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
languageSubfamily Oceanic
region Loyalty Islands
spokenBy Kanak people
indigenous inhabitants of Maré Island
spokenIn Maré Island NERFINISHED
New Caledonia
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nengone language hasAlternativeName Nengone
this entity surface form: Nengoné
Kanak speak Nengone
Nengone hasGlottologName Nengone self-link
Nengone hasAlternativeName Nengone
this entity surface form: Nengoné