Futunan

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Futunan is a Polynesian language spoken primarily on Futuna Island in the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna.

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Label Occurrences
Futunan canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Polynesian language
natural language
belongsToBranch Nuclear Polynesian
closelyRelatedTo Samoan
linked to: Samoan language

Tongan
Wallisian
country France
culturalAssociation Polynesian culture of Futuna
traditional chiefly system of Futuna
ethnolinguisticGroup Futunan people
geographicDistribution Futuna Island and nearby islets
linked to: Futuna Island
governingAuthority French Republic (for official language policy context)
linked to: French Republic
hasAlternativeName Fakafutuna
Futunian
hasDialects Alo dialect
Sigave dialect
hasMorphologicalFeature predominantly analytic morphology
use of particles to mark tense, aspect, and mood
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
simple consonant inventory typical of Polynesian languages
hasSociolinguisticFeature bilingualism with French among speakers
language shift pressure toward French
ISO639-3Code fud
languageFamily Austronesian
languageGroup Oceanic
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian
languageSubgroup Polynesian
minorityLanguageIn France
partOf Polynesian language continuum
region South Pacific Ocean
spokenIn French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna
linked to: Wallis and Futuna

Futuna Island
Wallis and Futuna
status indigenous language of Wallis and Futuna
typologicalFeature dual number in pronouns
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
plural number in pronouns
trial number in pronouns
use of prepositions rather than postpositions
verb–subject–object basic word order
usedAlongside French
usedFor daily communication on Futuna Island
local religious practice
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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