NationMaster - New Caledonian Language statistics

French speakers	53,400	[8th of 31]
French speakers (per capita)	2.467 per 10 people	[6th of 30]
French status National language. Bible 1530-1986.
Languages French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: New Caledonia, Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances, Nouvelle-Caledonie

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