Ouvéa Uvean

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Ouvéa Uvean is a Polynesian language spoken primarily on Ouvéa Island in New Caledonia, closely related to other Uvean (Wallisian) dialects.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Uvean of Ouvéa 3
Uvean (New Caledonia) 2
Ouvéa Uvean canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Polynesian language
closelyRelatedTo East Uvean
Wallisian
linked to: Wallisian language
coexistsWith Drehu
French
Iaai
country France
hasAlternativeName Faga Uvea
Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island

Uvean of Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Uvean

West Uvean
hasISOStatus hasISO639-3 code
hasMorphologyType analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature typical Polynesian vowel system
hasStatus local vernacular
hasTypology SVO word order
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageIn New Caledonia
isPartOf linguistic diversity of New Caledonia
isSpokenBy Uvean people of Ouvéa
languageBranch Oceanic
languageFamily Austronesian
languageGroup Polynesian
region Melanesia
South Pacific
sharesLexiconWith Futunan
Wallisian
linked to: Wallisian language
spokenIn Loyalty Islands
New Caledonia
Ouvéa Island
subfamilyOf Polynesian languages
Uvean languages
linked to: Uvean language

Wallisian–Futunan languages
usedIn local oral tradition
local religious practice
traditional songs
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Fagauvea language hasAlternativeName Uvean (New Caledonia)
linked to: Ouvéa Uvean
West Uvean hasAlternativeName Uvean (New Caledonia)
linked to: Ouvéa Uvean
Faga Uvea hasAlternativeName Uvean of Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Uvean
Fagauvea hasAlternativeName West Uvean
linked to: Ouvéa Uvean
Fagauvea hasAlternativeName Uvean of Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Uvean
Ouvéa Uvean hasAlternativeName Uvean of Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Uvean