language: dhv

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/language/dhv
has gloss	eng: Drehu ([ɖehu]; also known as Dehu , Lifou , Lifu , qene drehu ) is an Austronesian language mostly spoken on Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. It has about twelve-thousand fluent speakers and the status of a French regional language. This status means that pupils can take it as an optional topic for the baccalauréat in New Caledonia itself or French mainland . It has been also taught at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) in Paris since 1973 and at the since 2000. As for other Kanak languages, Drehu is now regulated by the "Académie des langues kanak", officially founded in 2007.
lexicalization	eng: Drehu language
subclass of	e/Loyalty Island languages
instance of	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Loyalty_Island_languages
instance of	http://www.mpii.de/yago/resource/Loyalty_Island_languages

Meaning
French
has gloss	fra: Le drehu (qene drehu) est une langue appartenant à la famille des langues austronésiennes. On y retrouve en effet les principales caractéristiques de ces langues : * lalternance consonne/voyelle. La voyelle finale est néanmoins parfois éludée en fin de phrase ; * le redoublement (par exemple tro : aller, marcher; trotro : presser le pas) ; * contrairement aux langues polynésiennes et un grand nombre dautres langues austronésiennes, le drehu se caractérise par une plus grande diversité phonologique.
lexicalization	fra: drehu

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