Wallisian

WLS

developing

Alternate Names: East Uvean, Uvean, Wallisien

Dialects: Some dialect divergence between Wallis Islands and New Caledonia. Not functionally intelligible with Tongan ,.

Status Notes: De facto language of provincial identity in Wallis (Uvea) Island.

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
East Uvean-Niuafo’ou

Demographics: 9,620 in Wallis and Futuna (2000). Population total all countries: 10,400.

Language Use: All ages.

Language Development: Bible portions: 1971.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Wallis and Futuna