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Wallisian language


Name	Wallisian
Nativename	Faka uvea
States	Wallis and Futuna
Speakers	29,800 (2000)
Familycolor	Austronesian
Fam2	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3	Oceanic
Fam4	Polynesian
Fam5	Rennellese?
Iso3	wls
Notice	IPA

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:This article deals with the language of Wallis Island, "Wallisian," also known as "Fakauvea" or "East Uvean." For the similarly named language of Ouvéa, New Caledonia, see West Uvean (Fagauvea).

Wallisian or Uvean ( ) is the Polynesian language spoken on Wallis Island (also known as Uvea). The language is also known as East Uvean to distinguish it from the related West Uvean spoken on the outlier island of Ouvéa (near New Caledonia). Wallisian tradition holds that the latter island was colonised from Wallis Island in ancient times.

Wallisian may be most closely related to Rennellese.

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