Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia
Native speakers
New Caledonia: 3,900 (2014)[1] Wallis and Futuna: 2,500 (2018)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Polynesian
Nuclear Polynesian
Futunan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
fud
Glottolog
east2447
Futunan or Futunian is the Polynesian language spoken on Futuna (and Alofi). The term East-Futunan is also used to distinguish it from the related West Futunan (Futuna-Aniwan) spoken on the outlier islands of Futuna and Aniwa in Vanuatu.
The language is closely related to other Western Polynesian languages: Fagauvea, Wallisian, Tongan, Samoan, Tokelau, and Niuafoʻou.[2]
It is classified as Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Futunic, Futuna, East.
This language is a member of the diminishing set of native Pacific languages, it is classified as endangered.[3]
^Atlas of the world's languages in danger. Moseley, Christopher., Nicolas, Alexandre., Unesco., Unesco. Intangible Cultural Heritage Section. (3rd ed. entirely revised, enlarged and updated ed.). Paris: Unesco. 2010. ISBN 9789231040955. OCLC 610522460.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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