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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > New Caledonia > Uvean, West

Uvean, West

A language of New Caledonia

ISO 639-3uve

Population  1,110 (1996 census).
Region  North and south Ouvea Atoll, Loyalty Islands.
Language map  New Caledonia
Alternate names   Faga-Uvea, Fagauvea
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Futunic
Language development  Dictionary.
Comments  Different from East Uvean [wls] on Uvea Island in Wallis Islands. May be VSO. Fishermen; agriculturalists: taro, sweet potato; hunters.