Futuna, East

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A language of Wallis and Futuna

ISO 639-3
fud
Alternate Names
East Futunan, Futunan, Futunian, Futunien
Autonym
Fakafutuna
User 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.

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