Futuna, East

FUD

developing

Alternate Names: East Futunan, Futunian

Dialects: None known. Not intelligible of Wallisian , (East Uvean). Closely related to other Western Polynesian languages (Fagauvea ,, Wallisian ,, Tongan ,, Samoan ,, Tokelau ,, and Niuafo’ou ,).

Status Notes: De facto language of provincial identity in Futuna Islands.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 3,600 in Wallis and Futuna (2011 SIL).

Language Use: All ages. Also use French [fra].

Language Development: Dictionary. Bible: 2010.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Wallis and Futuna

Other Comments: Christian.