Futunic language

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Futunic

Spoken in

Futuna (Wallis and Futuna) , New Caledonia
speaker approx. 6,600
Linguistic
classification
Language codes
ISO 639 -1

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ISO 639 -2

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ISO 639-3

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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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