Numee

Numèè, also called Kwényi or Kapone, is a Kanak language of the Extreme Southern New Caledonian group, spoken at the southern tip of Grande Terre around Yaté and Mont-Dore and on the offshore Isle of Pines. Its speakers descend from Lapita communities that brought Proto-Oceanic to New Caledonia after 1000 BCE.

Numèè forms a close pair with Ndrumbea, the language of the Nouméa region. Although Numèè has been called the language of Nouméa, the capital's name most likely comes from Ndrumbea, once spoken on the site of the city.