Zire language

Zire
Zire
Nerë, Sîchë
Sîshëë
Region	New Caledonia
Ethnicity	19 (2009 census)
Extinct	April 2006
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic New Caledonian – Loyalties New Caledonian Southern South Southern Zire–Tiri Zire; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sih
Glottolog	zire1240
ELP	Sîshëë

Zire (Sîshëë), also known as Nerë, is an extinct Oceanic language of New Caledonia. It has been extinct since April 2006. Zire is sometimes considered a dialect of Ajië.

References

^ "Sîshëë" (18th ed.). Ethnologue. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2017-12-29.

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[e18-1] "Sîshëë" (18th ed.). Ethnologue. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

[2] "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2017-12-29.

Zire
Nerë, Sîchë
Sîshëë
Region	New Caledonia
Ethnicity	19 (2009 census)^[1]
Extinct	April 2006^[2]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic New Caledonian – Loyalties New Caledonian Southern South Southern Zire–Tiri Zire
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`sih`
Glottolog	`zire1240`
ELP	Sîshëë