Dehu

E834885

Dehu is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Lifou Island in New Caledonia, where it serves as the traditional language of the indigenous Drehu people.

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Label Occurrences
Dehu canonical 1

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Kanak language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Drehu ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Drehu ⓘ
hasCountry France ⓘ
hasDomain indigenous culture of Lifou ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Drehu people ⓘ
hasGlottocode dreh1237 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code dhv ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian ⓘ
hasLanguageFamilyBranch Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
Southern Oceanic ⓘ
linked to: Western Oceanic
hasMorphologicalType mostly analytic ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate several thousand speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalType consonant–vowel syllable structure (predominant) ⓘ
hasRegion Loyalty Islands ⓘ
hasStatus indigenous language ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
hasSubfamily Oceanic ⓘ
hasSubgroup Loyalty Islands languages ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object) ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isEndangered true ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn New Caledonia ⓘ
isRecognizedBy Académie des Langues Kanak ⓘ
isRelatedTo Iaai ⓘ
Nengone ⓘ
Xârâcùù ⓘ
isSpokenPrimarilyOn Lifou Island ⓘ
isTraditionalLanguageOf Drehu people ⓘ
spokenBy Drehu people ⓘ
spokenIn Lifou Island ⓘ
New Caledonia ⓘ
usedIn local education (limited) ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ

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