Haveke language
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Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia
| Haveke | |
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| Native to | Voh, New Caledonia |
Native speakers | 450 (from 2009)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:hvk – Havekebwa – Bwatoo |
| Glottolog | have1241 Havekebwat1240 Bwatoo |
| ELP | Haveke |
| Bwatoo[2] | |
 the Voh-Koné dialects are classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Haveke (also known as Aveke or 'Aveke
The language is considered endangered with 300 native speakers worldwide reported in 1982. That number gets lower due to the expansion of French in New Caledonia. There are virtually no children speakers of Havake.[5][4]
References
- ^ Haveke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Bwatoo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Bwatoo.
- ^ "ScriptSource - Haveke". scriptsource.org. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-429-1791-0.
- ^ "Did you know Haveke is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
Further reading
- Rivierre, Jean-Claude; Ehrhart, Sabine; Diela, Raymond (2006). Le bwatoo et les dialectes de la région de Koné (Nouvelle-Calédonie) (in French) – via Google Books.
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