ISO 639-3 · sihsih
Austronesian family · extinct or historical language
Zire
Zire is an extinct or historical language of the New Caledonian branch (Austronesian), spoken in France. Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sih- Glottocode
zire1240- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 9 Dormant
- UNESCO
- Extinct
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Zire |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sîshëë, Zire language |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Dormant9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Extinct
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Zire
The branches above Zire, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in France
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationaldeuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalnldDutchIndo-European · 23.1 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mgswAlemannicIndo-European · 10 m5 · DevelopingcatCatalanIndo-European · 10 m2 · ProvincialhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalvlsWest FlemishIndo-European · 1.4 m6b · ThreatenedyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredpflPalatinate GermanIndo-European · 1 m6a · Vigorous