Zire language

Zire
	Nerë, sîchë
	Sîshëë
Region	New Caledonia
Ethnicity	19 (2009 census)[1]
Extinct	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[3]

Zire (Sîshëë), also known as Nerë, is an extinct Oceanic language of New Caledonia. Speakers 4 (extinct since April 2006). 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.
Endangered Languages Project data for Sîshëë.

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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.

[ELP1-3] Endangered Languages Project data for Sîshëë.