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Drehu (also known as Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, qene drehu) is an Austronesian language mostly spoken on Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands,
New Caledonia. It has about twelve-thousand fluent speakers and the status of a French regional language. This status means
that pupils can take it as an optional topic for the baccalauréat in New Caledonia itself or French mainland. It has been
also taught at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) in Paris since 1973 and at the University
of New Caledonia since 2000. As for other Kanak languages, Drehu is now regulated by the Académie des langues kanak, officially
founded in 2007. There is also a respective register in Drehu, called qene miny. In time past, this was used to speak to the
chiefs (joxu). Today very few people still know and practice this language. |
Names (more)[br] Drehueg[en] Dehu [fr] Drehu |
Language type : Living
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