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WLS ISO 639-3

Wallisian

Fakaʻuvea Autonym

A language of Wallis and Futuna

ISO 639
wls
Alternate Names
East Uvea, East Uvean, Uvean, Wallisien
Autonym
Fakaʻuvea
Population
5,260 in Wallis and Futuna (2018 census). Total users in all countries: 25,040.
Location:
Wallis Island.
Language Status
5 (Developing). De facto language of provincial identity in Wallis (Uvea) Island.
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
Dialects
Some dialect divergence between Wallis Islands and New Caledonia. Not functionally intelligible with Tongan [ton].
Language Use
Used by all.
Language Development
Bible: 2011.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Wallisian
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Wallisian
User Population
18,100 in New Caledonia (2014 census). , based on ethnicity, estimated from global population figure for Futunians and Wallisians (2014 census). Ethnic population: 23,000 (2012 J. Leclerc).
Location
South province: mainly Nouméa.
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Originally from Uvea Island in Wallis and Futuna. Borrowed heavily from Tongan [ton]. Tongan increasingly influenced by English [eng] and Wallisian by French [fra]. Christian.
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Map

Location: Wallis Island.