Futuna-Aniwa

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Futuna-Aniwa is a Polynesian language spoken primarily on the islands of Futuna and Aniwa in Vanuatu.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Futuna 3
Futuna Island (Vanuatu) 2
East Futunan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Polynesian language
belongsToBranch Nuclear Polynesian languages
closelyRelatedTo Anuta language
linked to: Anutan language

East Futunan
Tikopia language
country Vanuatu
endangeredStatus vulnerable language
geographicDistribution Tafea Province, Vanuatu
linked to: Southern Vanuatu
hasAlternativeName Futuna (Vanuatu) language
Futuna-Aniwa language
West Futuna-Aniwa
linked to: Futuna-Aniwa
hasDialects Aniwa dialect
Futuna dialect
hasLinguisticFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
preposed possessive markers
rich demonstrative system
hasMorphologicalType moderately analytic language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
five-vowel system
typical Polynesian consonant inventory
hasStatusInCountry minority language in Vanuatu
hasStressPattern penultimate stress in most words
hasSyllableStructure predominantly open syllables (CV)
hasTypologicalFeature prepositional language
use of possessive classifiers
verb–subject–object basic word order
ISO639-3Code fut
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic languages
Polynesian languages
partOf Southern Oceanic languages
region Melanesia
South Pacific
Southern Vanuatu
spokenIn Aniwa Island
Futuna Island (Vanuatu)
linked to: Futuna-Aniwa

Vanuatu
subclassOf Futunic language
linked to: Futunan language
usedByEthnicGroup Aniwa islanders
Futuna people of Vanuatu
linked to: West Futunan people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tanna hasNearbyIsland Futuna Island (Vanuatu)
linked to: Futuna-Aniwa
Fakafutuna spokenIn Futuna
linked to: Futuna-Aniwa
Fakafutuna alternateName East Futunan
linked to: Futuna-Aniwa
Tafea Province containsIsland Futuna
linked to: Futuna-Aniwa
Tafea Province hasCulturalRegion Futuna
linked to: Futuna-Aniwa
Futuna-Aniwa spokenIn Futuna Island (Vanuatu)
linked to: Futuna-Aniwa
Futuna-Aniwa hasAlternativeName West Futuna-Aniwa
linked to: Futuna-Aniwa