Wallis and Futuna

Summary

Official Name

Population

11,400

Principal Languages

French

Literacy Rate

50% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)

General References

Besnier 1992, Biggs 1971, Wurm and Hattori 1981

Language Counts

The number of established languages listed for Wallis and Futuna is 3. All are living languages. Of these, 2 are indigenous and 1 is non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional and 2 are developing.

Languages

French fra: Users: 9,660 in Wallis and Futuna, all users. L1 users: 1,130 in Wallis and Futuna (2018 census). L2 users: 8,530 (2018). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1958, French Constitution, Article 2). Alternate Names: Français Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
Futuna, East fud: Futuna islands. Users: 2,480 in Wallis and Futuna (2018 census). Total users in all countries: 6,330. Status: 5 (Developing). De facto language of provincial identity in Futuna Islands. Alternate Names: East Futunan, Futunan, Futunian, Futunien Autonym: Fakafutuna Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Futunic
Wallisian wls: Wallis Island. Users: 5,260 in Wallis and Futuna (2018 census). Total users in all countries: 25,040. Status: 5 (Developing). De facto language of provincial identity in Wallis (Uvea) Island. Alternate Names: East Uvea, East Uvean, Uvean, Wallisien Autonym: Fakaʻuvea Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, East Uvean-Niuafo’ou

Languages by Status

1 (National)

French

[fra] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1958, French Constitution, Article 2). 9,660 in Wallis and Futuna, all users. L1 users: 1,130 in Wallis and Futuna (2018 census). L2 users: 8,530 (2018).

5 (Developing)

Futuna, East

[fud] 5 (Developing). De facto language of provincial identity in Futuna Islands. 2,480 in Wallis and Futuna (2018 census). Total users in all countries: 6,330.

Wallisian

[wls] 5 (Developing). De facto language of provincial identity in Wallis (Uvea) Island. 5,260 in Wallis and Futuna (2018 census). Total users in all countries: 25,040.