Dehu

E834885

Dehu is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Lifou Island in New Caledonia, where it serves as the traditional language of the indigenous Drehu people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Kanak language
Oceanic language
hasAlternativeName Drehu NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeSpelling Drehu NERFINISHED
hasCountry France NERFINISHED
hasDomain indigenous culture of Lifou
hasEthnicGroup Drehu people NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode dreh1237
hasISO639-3Code dhv
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian NERFINISHED
hasLanguageFamilyBranch Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
Southern Oceanic NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalType mostly analytic
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate several thousand speakers
hasPhonologicalType consonant–vowel syllable structure (predominant)
hasRegion Loyalty Islands NERFINISHED
hasStatus indigenous language
regional language
hasSubfamily Oceanic
hasSubgroup Loyalty Islands languages NERFINISHED
hasWordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object)
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageIn New Caledonia NERFINISHED
isRecognizedBy Académie des Langues Kanak NERFINISHED
isRelatedTo Iaai NERFINISHED
Nengone NERFINISHED
Xârâcùù
isSpokenPrimarilyOn Lifou Island NERFINISHED
isTraditionalLanguageOf Drehu people NERFINISHED
spokenBy Drehu people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Lifou Island NERFINISHED
New Caledonia NERFINISHED
usedIn local education (limited)
oral literature
traditional ceremonies

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