Southern New Caledonian languages

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Southern New Caledonian Languages
Spoken in:	New Caledonia
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian    Eastern Malayo-Polynesian     Oceanic      Central-Eastern Oceanic       Remote Oceanic        New Caledonian         Southern New Caledonian

The family of Southern New Caledonian languages is a subgroup of the New Caledonian languages. It consists of twelve languages.

[edit] Components

• Extreme Southern New Caledonian languages
  • Dumbea
  • Numee
• Mea
• South Southern New Caledonian languages
  • Wailic languages
  • Xaracuu-Xaragure languages
  • Zire-Tiri languages