FUD ISO 639-3
Futuna, East
Fakafutuna Autonym
A language of Wallis and Futuna
- ISO 639
- fud
- Alternate Names
- East Futunan, Futunan, Futunian, Futunien
- Autonym
- Fakafutuna
- Population
- 2,480 in Wallis and Futuna (2018 census). Total users in all countries: 6,330.
- Location:
- Futuna islands.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing). De facto language of provincial identity in Futuna Islands.
- 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
- Dialects
- None known. Not intelligible of Wallisian [wls] (East Uvean). Closely related to other Western Polynesian languages (Fagauvea [uve], Wallisian [wls], Tongan [ton], Samoan [smo], Tokelau [tkl], and Niuafo’ou [num]).
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use French [fra].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible: 2010.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Futuna, East
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- South province: mainly Nouméa.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Different from Futuna-Aniwa [fut] (West Futuna) in Vanuatu. Christian. View other languages of New Caledonia
Language Name
Futuna, East
User Population
3,850 in New Caledonia (2014 census). , based on ethnicity, estimated from global population figure for Futunians and Wallisians (2014 census). Ethnic population: 4,900 (2012 J. Leclerc).
Map
Location: Futuna islands.
Size and Vitality
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