Wallisian language

Spoken in

Austronesian

• Wallisianische language

Wls

The wallisianische or uveanische language (self- designation Fakauvea, französ walli sien. ) Is the native language of the island to the main island group Wallis Uvéa ( französ. also Wallis, Wallisian. Uvea), which belongs to the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific.

The Wallisianische belongs to kernpolynesischen group within the Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. It is related, but not identical to the Futunischen ( proper name Fakafutuna, französ. Futunien ), the language of Futuna, the second main island of the overseas territory.

In Wallis and Futuna, the Wallisianische of about 10,000 of the approximately 15,000 inhabitants is spoken as a mother tongue, the rest are speaker of the Futunianischen and several hundred French native speakers predominantly European origin. At least twice as many speakers there are in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, where some 18,000 emigrants from Wallis and Futuna to live, who have preserved their languages ​​in general.