Kumak language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Kumak

|altname=Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak

|states=Koumac and Poum, New Caledonia

|speakers={{sigfig|1090|2}}

|date = 2009 census

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Southern Oceanic

|fam5=New Caledonian – Loyalties

|fam6=New Caledonian

|fam7=Northern New Caledonian

|fam8=Extreme Northern

|fam9=

|iso3=nee

|glotto=kuma1276

|glottorefname=Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak

|dia1=Nêlêmwa (Nenema)

|dia2=Nixumwak (Kumak)

|map = Lang Status 80-VU.svg

|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Kumak is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Kumak, also known as Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak{{Cite web|url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00785233/document|title=Home - HAL-SHS - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société}} after its two dialects, is a Kanak language of northern New Caledonia.