Futunan

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Futunan canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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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