Caac

MSQ

threatened

Alternate Names: Caaac, Caawac, Moenebeng, Mwelebeng

Dialects: La Conception (St. Louis), Pouébo (Pwebo).

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
New Caledonian
Northern
Extreme Northern

Demographics: 1,170 (2009 census), increasing. 33% live in greater Nouméa.

Language Development: Caac taught a few hours a month at a junior high in Pouébo.

Nation of Origin: New Caledonia

Other Comments: Christian.