| Cèmuhî | |
| Nativename: | Wagap |
| States: | New Caledonia |
| Region: | Touho: east coast from Congouma to Wagap and inland valleys |
| Speakers: | 2,600 |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Southern Oceanic |
| Fam5: | New Caledonian – Loyalties |
| Fam6: | New Caledonian |
| Fam7: | Northern New Caledonian |
| Fam8: | Central Northern |
| Iso3: | cam |
| Glotto: | cemu1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Cemuhi |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Map: | Lang Status 99-NE.svg |
Cèmuhî (Camuhi, Camuki, Tyamuhi, Wagap) is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of New Caledonia, in the area of Poindimié, Koné, and Touho. The language has approximately 3,300 speakers and is considered a regional language of France.
Cèmuhî was studied by the French linguist .
The consonants of Cèmuhî are shown in the table below.
| Labiovelar | Labial | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Laryngeal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Prenasalized stop | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/), pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) |
Rivierre analyzes the contrasts of Cèmuhî along three emic categories: nasal, semi-nasal (i.e. prenasalized), and oral consonants.
The chart below shows Cèmuhî vowels, all of which can contrast in both length and nasality.
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Open-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
Like its neighbour Paicî, Cèmuhî is one of the few Austronesian languages which have developed contrastive tone. However, unlike other New Caledonian tonal languages, Cèmuhî has three tonal registers: high, mid, and low tones.