alternate_names: "Tiri, Tinrin, Tĩrĩ, Ciri, Ciiri, Méa, Mea, Ha Mea, Ha-Tiri, Tiri-Mea, Grand Couli ",
lang_description: "",
classification: "Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, New Caledonian
",
dialect_varieties: "Tiri; Mea",
public_comment: "While some consider Tiri [cir] and Mea [meg] to be separate languages, many linguists currently consider Tiri and Mea to be dialects of a single language. ",
private_comment: null,
source_id: null,
speakers: [
{
id:31645,
code_id:10712,
speaker_number: "100-999",
speaker_number_text: "~400",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "~100",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "",
public_comment: ""It is difficult to estimate the number of Tinrin speakers, as they often live in a community where other languages (French or Xârâcùù) are also spoken. Moreover, Tinrin appears to be spoken less than ever before; there may be around 500 people who know the language, but not all are necessarily fluent speakers. There are probably around 400 full Tinrin speakers."",