West Futunan language

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The West Futunan language is a Polynesian language spoken primarily on Futuna Island in Wallis and Futuna, closely related to other Futunic languages and part of the broader Austronesian language family.

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Label Occurrences
West Futunan language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Polynesian language
language
closelyRelatedTo East Futunan language
Futunic languages
linked to: Futunan language
coexistsWith East Futunan language
French language
linked to: French
continent Oceania
country France
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Futunan people
family Austronesian
group Oceanic
hasAlternativeName Futuna-Aniwa
Futunian (West)
linked to: Futunan language

West Futuna
linked to: Futuna Island
hasDomainOfUse home and community
traditional culture and oral literature
hasFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
lack of grammatical gender
use of prepositions rather than case marking
hasMorphology predominantly analytic
hasNeighborLanguage Samoan language
Wallisian language
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
simple consonant inventory typical of Polynesian languages
hasTypology head-initial
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-3Code fud
isOfficialLanguageOf none
languageBranch Oceanic branch
languageFamily Austronesian language family
languageStatus minority language
partOf Austronesian languages
Polynesian languages
region Polynesia
South Pacific Ocean
spokenIn France
Futuna Island
Wallis and Futuna
subclassOf Futunic language
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian
subgroup Futunic
linked to: Futunans

Polynesian
usedBy West Futunan people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Polynesian languages hasMember West Futunan language