Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak

Facts

  • Language: Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak
  • Alternate names: Fwa-Goumak, Koumac, Kumak
  • Language code: nee
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southern Melanesian, New Caledonian, Mainland New Caledonian, Northern New Caledonian, Extreme Northern New Caledonian, Kum-Nel-Yua-Cac, Kum-Nel-Yua
  • Number of speakers: 1090
  • Script: Category

More information:

    Introduction

    Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak is a language of New Caledonia. It is spoken in West coast, Koumac (Nixumwak) and Poum (Nelemwa).

    Dialects

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

    The Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak Verb

    Verblist