Zire (Sîshëë), also known as ''Nerë'', is an extinct
Oceanic language
The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia. Though covering a vast area, Oceanic languages ...
of
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
. It has been extinct since April 2006. Zire is sometimes considered a dialect of
Ajië.
References
Languages of New Caledonia
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Extinct languages of New Caledonia