Alternate Names: Iwatenu, Mare, Pene Nengone
Dialects: None known. Iwateno (Iwatenu) is a register of respect; Egesho is a joking or insulting register.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 8,720 (2009 census), increasing. 53% live in greater Nouméa.
Language Use: Vigorous. Positive attitudes.
Language Development: Taught at secondary and junior college levels and various other schools. Poetry. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1903.
Typology: Word order depends on tense.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: New Caledonia
Other Comments: Christian.