Cemuhi

Cèmuhî, also recorded as Camuki or Tyamuhi, is a Kanak language of the Northern New Caledonian group within Oceanic Austronesian, spoken on the northeast coast of Grande Terre around Poindimié, Touho and Koné. Like other Kanak languages it goes back to the Proto-Oceanic speech of the Lapita settlers who reached New Caledonia around 1000 BCE.

Cèmuhî is a tonal language, with three pitch registers distinguishing words, a rare trait in Melanesia. North of the Tiwaka valley the language was also known by the name tié.