Ouvéa Uvean

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Ouvéa Uvean is a Polynesian language spoken primarily on Ouvéa Island in New Caledonia, closely related to other Uvean (Wallisian) dialects.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ouvéa Uvean canonical 1
Uvean (New Caledonia) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Polynesian language
closelyRelatedTo East Uvean NERFINISHED
Wallisian NERFINISHED
coexistsWith Drehu NERFINISHED
French
Iaai NERFINISHED
country France
hasAlternativeName Faga Uvea NERFINISHED
Ouvéa NERFINISHED
Uvean of Ouvéa NERFINISHED
West Uvean NERFINISHED
hasISOStatus hasISO639-3 code
hasMorphologyType analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature typical Polynesian vowel system
hasStatus local vernacular
hasTypology SVO word order
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageIn New Caledonia NERFINISHED
isPartOf linguistic diversity of New Caledonia
isSpokenBy Uvean people of Ouvéa NERFINISHED
languageBranch Oceanic NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
languageGroup Polynesian
region Melanesia
South Pacific NERFINISHED
sharesLexiconWith Futunan NERFINISHED
Wallisian NERFINISHED
spokenIn Loyalty Islands NERFINISHED
New Caledonia NERFINISHED
Ouvéa Island NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
Uvean languages NERFINISHED
Wallisian–Futunan languages NERFINISHED
usedIn local oral tradition
local religious practice
traditional songs
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fagauvea language hasAlternativeName Ouvéa Uvean
this entity surface form: Uvean (New Caledonia)