Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak

NEE

threatened

Alternate Names: Fwa-Goumak, Koumac, Kumak

Dialects: Nelemwa (Nelema, Nenema), Nixumwak (Fwa Kumak, Koumac, Kumak). Dialect differences mostly phonological and lexical.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 1,090 (2009 census).

Language Use: Positive attitudes.

Language Development: Taught in primary schools, a few hours a week at Tiabet. Taught a few hours a week in junior high school in Poum. Dictionary. Grammar.

Typology: VOS, split ergative, noun classes.

Nation of Origin: New Caledonia

Other Comments: Christian.