Major General James G. Blunt

Haveke (also known as Aveke or 'Aveke[3]) is a Kanak language of New Caledonia, in the commune of Voh. Bwatoo dialect is distinct.[4]

The language is considered endangered with 300 native speakers worldwide reported in 1982. That number gets lower due to the expansion of French in New Caledonia. There are virtually no children speakers of Havake.[5][4]

References

  1. ^ Haveke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Bwatoo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Bwatoo.
  3. ^ "ScriptSource - Haveke". scriptsource.org. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  4. ^ a b Rivierre, Jean-Claude; Ehrhart, Sabine; Diela, Raymond (2006). Le bwatoo et les dialectes de la région de Koné (Nouvelle-Calédonie) (in French). Peeters. ISBN 978-90-429-1791-0.
  5. ^ "Did you know Haveke is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2022-09-10.

Further reading

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haveke_language