Futuna-Aniwa

FUT

developing

Alternate Names: Erronan, West Futuna-Aniwa

Dialects: Aniwa (Anewa), West Futuna (Fotuna). Significant differences between West Futunan and Aniwan dialects.

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: 1,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Language Use: Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. NT: 1898.

Typology: SVO, VS.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu

Other Comments: Distinct from (East) Futuna , on Futuna Island in French Territory of Wallis and Futuna.