Haeke

AEK

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Aeke, ’Aeke, Baco, Haeake

Dialects: Regarded as a dialect of Voh-Koné (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
New Caledonian
Haekic

Demographics: 300 (2009), decreasing. Estimated population based on census. 2009 census figures for all 6 Voh-Koné languages: 1,203.

Language Use: Under pressure from Paici [pri] and French [fra] (Wurm 2007). Also use a neighboring dialect.

Nation of Origin: New Caledonia

Other Comments: Christian.