New Caledonian French

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New Caledonian French is a regional variety of the French language spoken in New Caledonia, characterized by influences from local Kanak languages and Pacific French dialects.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
New Caledonian French canonical 2

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf regional variety of French
variety of the French language
basedOn Standard French NERFINISHED
country France
hasFeature influence from Pacific French varieties
lexical borrowings from Kanak languages
phonetic features distinct from Metropolitan French
regional vocabulary specific to New Caledonia
hasRegister colloquial New Caledonian French
formal New Caledonian French
hasSubstrate Kanak languages NERFINISHED
influencedBy Kanak languages NERFINISHED
Pacific French dialects NERFINISHED
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages
languageOf New Caledonia NERFINISHED
officialLanguageOf New Caledonia NERFINISHED
partOf French language NERFINISHED
region Melanesia
South Pacific NERFINISHED
spokenAlongside Kanak languages NERFINISHED
Tayo creole NERFINISHED
spokenIn New Caledonia NERFINISHED
usedBy Francophone population of New Caledonia
usedIn administration in New Caledonia
education in New Caledonia
media in New Caledonia
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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

Place des Cocotiers languageUsed New Caledonian French
European New Caledonians languageSpoken New Caledonian French