Wallisian
A language of Wallis and Futuna
| Population | 9,620 in Wallis and Futuna (2000). Population total all countries: 29,800. |
| Region | Original home is Uvea Island. Also in Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu. |
| Alternate names | East Uvean, Uvean, Wallisien |
| Dialects | Some dialect divergence between Wallis Islands and New Caledonia. Not functionally intelligible with Tongan [ton]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, East Uvean-Niuafo’ou |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1971. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
Also spoken in:
New Caledonia
| Language name | Wallisian |
| Population | 19,400 in New Caledonia (2000). |
| Region | Noumea. |
| Alternate names | East Uvean, Uvean, Wallisien |
| Comments | Originally from Uvea Island in Wallis and Futuna. Borrowed heavily from Tongan [ton]. Tongan increasingly influenced by English and Wallisian by French. |
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