Alternate Names: Ci, Paaci, Pati, Ponerihouen
Dialects: Minor lexical and phonetic variation between East and West Coast, and on the East between Poindimié and Ponérihouen regions.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 7,250 (2009 census), increasing.
Language Use: Vigorous. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes.
Language Development: Taught a few hours a week in public primary schools. Taught at secondary and junior college levels. Poetry. Dictionary. NT: 2012.
Typology: VOS; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: New Caledonia
Other Comments: Christian.