Futunic language

Futunic
Spoken in	Futuna (Wallis and Futuna) , New Caledonia
speaker	approx. 6,600
Linguistic ; classification	Austronesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages East Malayo Polynesian languages oceanic languages central-east oceanic languages Central Pacific languages Polynesian languages Futunic ;
Language codes
ISO 639 -1	-
ISO 639 -2	-
ISO 639-3	fud

Futunian (own name: Fakafutuna ) is a Polynesian language spoken on the islands of Futuna and Alofi . The language is also spoken by immigrants to New Caledonia . The related Wallisian language is spoken in Uvéa , but Wallisian shows a greater influence from the Tongan language , Futuna more from Samoan .

According to Ethnologue , fakafutuna is spoken by 3,600 people in Futuna and another 3,000 migrant workers in New Caledonia .

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