Haeke

A language of New Caledonia

ISO 639: aek
Alternate Names: ’Aeke, Aeke, Baco, Haeake
Population: 300 (2009), decreasing. Estimated population based on census. 2009 census figures for all 6 Voh-Koné languages: 1,203.
Location:: North province: west coast, Baco and Voh-Koné.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, New Caledonian, Haekic
Dialects: Regarded as a dialect of Voh-Koné (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Language Use: Under pressure from Paici [pri] and French [fra] (Wurm 2007). Shifted to French [fra].
Other Comments: Christian.

Location: North province: west coast, Baco and Voh-Koné.