NEN ISO 639-3
Nengone
Nengone Autonym
A language of New Caledonia
- ISO 639
- nen
- Alternate Names
- Iwatenu, Mare, Marean, Nengonese, Pene Nengone
- Autonym
- Nengone
- Population
- 8,720 (2009 census), increasing. 53% live in greater Nouméa.
- Location:
- Loyalty Islands province: Mare and Tiga.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Loyalty Islands
- Dialects
- None known. Iwateno (Iwatenu) is a register of respect; Egesho is a joking or insulting register.
- Typology
- Word order depends on tense.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. Positive attitudes.
- Language Development
- Taught at secondary and junior college levels and various other schools. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1903.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Nengone
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Loyalty Islands province: Mare and Tiga.
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