Vamale language

Vamale
Vamale
Hmwaeke
Native to	New Caledonia
Native speakers	180 (from 2016)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic New Caledonian – Loyalties New Caledonian Northern New Caledonian Voh-Koné Vamale; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Vamale; Hmwaeke;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mkt
Glottolog	vama1243
ELP	Vamale

Vamale (Pamale) is a Kanak language of northern New Caledonia. The Hmwaeke dialect, spoken in Tiéta, is fusing with Haveke and nearly extinct. Vamale is nowadays spoken in Tiendanite (called "Usa Vamale"), We Hava, Téganpaïk and Tiouandé. It was spoken in the Pamale valley and its tributaries Vawe and Usa until the colonial war of 1917, when its speakers were displaced.