Neku

NEK

moribund

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
New Caledonian
Southern
South
Wailic

Demographics: 130 (2009 census), decreasing. 34% live in greater Nouméa.

Language Use: Seriously endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Under pressure from Ajië [aji], Tiri [cir] and French [fra] (Wurm 2007).

Nation of Origin: New Caledonia

Other Comments: Christian.