Cèmuhî language

Cèmuhî
Wagap
Native to	New Caledonia
Region	Touho: east coast from Congouma to Wagap and inland valleys
Native speakers	2,600 (2009)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic New Caledonian – Loyalties New Caledonian Northern New Caledonian Central Northern Cèmuhî
Writing system	Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cam`
Glottolog	`cemu1238`^[2]

Cemuhî (Camuhi, Camuki, Tyamuhi, Wagap) is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of New Caledonia, in the area of Poindimié and Touho.

Characteristics

Like its neighbour Paicî, Cèmuhî is one of the few Austronesian languages which have developed contrastive tone.^[3]

↑ Cèmuhî at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Cemuhi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Rivierre (1972, 1980).

Rivierre, Jean-Claude (1972). Les Tons de la langue de Touho (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : Etude diachronique. Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris, 1972, vol.67, n°1, p. 301-316.
Rivierre, Jean-Claude (1980). La Langue de Touho : Phonologie et grammaire du Cèmuhî (Nouvelle-Calédonie). Paris: Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France. p. 363.
Rivierre, Jean-Claude (1983). Dictionnaire cèmuhî – français, suivi d'un lexique français – cèmuhî. Paris: Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France. p. 375.

Official language

Indigenous
languages

Northern	Caac Cèmuhî Drehu Fwâi Haveke Iaai Jawe Kumak Nemi Nengone Nyâlayu Paicî Pije Pwaamei Pwapwâ Vamale Yuanga
Southern	Ajië Arhâ Arhö Ndrumbea Neku Numèè Orowe Sîchë Tîrî Xaracuu Xârâgurè
Other	Haeke

Torres-Banks	Alo-Teqel Dorig Hiw Koro Lakon Lehali Lemerig Lo-Toga Löyöp Mota Mwerlap Mwesen Mwotlap Nume Olrat Vera'a Volow Vurës
Penama	Apma Baetora Central Maewo East Ambae North Ambrym Raga Sa Ske Sowa Sungwadia West Ambae
Paama–Ambrym	Dakaka Lonwolwol Orkon Paamese Port Vato Southeast Ambrym

Malekula

Coastal	Atchin Aulua Axamb Burmbar Mae Malfaxal Malua Bay Maskelynes Mpotovoro Nahavaq Näti Nese Unua Rerep Port Sandwich Uripiv Vao Wala-Rano
Interior	Ninde Letemboi Repanbitip Dixon Reef Nasarian Avava Lingarak Vinmavis Litzlitz Larevat Maragus Big Nambas
unclassified	Aveteian Navwien Sörsörian Nisvai Nasvang Navwien

Northwest	Nokuku Piamatsina Tasmate Tolomako Valpei Vunapu
Northeast	Akei Amblong Aore Araki Kiai Mafea Merei Morouas Narango Navut Roria Malo Tambotalo Tangoa Tiale Tutuba Wailapa Wusi

Northern	Caac Cèmuhî Drehu Fwâi Haveke Iaai Jawe Kumak Nemi Nengone Nyâlayu Paicî Pije Pwaamei Pwapwâ Vamale Yuanga
Southern	Ajië Arhâ Arhö Ndrumbea Neku Numèè Orowe Sîchë Tîrî Xaracuu Xârâgurè
Others	Haeke

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