Futunan

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Futunan is a Polynesian language spoken primarily on Futuna Island in the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna.

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Label Occurrences
Futunan canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Polynesian language
natural language
belongsToBranch Nuclear Polynesian NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Samoan NERFINISHED
Tongan
Wallisian
country France
culturalAssociation Polynesian culture of Futuna
traditional chiefly system of Futuna
ethnolinguisticGroup Futunan people NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution Futuna Island and nearby islets NERFINISHED
governingAuthority French Republic (for official language policy context) NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Fakafutuna
Futunian
hasDialects Alo dialect
Sigave dialect NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeature predominantly analytic morphology
use of particles to mark tense, aspect, and mood
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
simple consonant inventory typical of Polynesian languages
hasSociolinguisticFeature bilingualism with French among speakers
language shift pressure toward French
ISO639-3Code fud
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
languageGroup Oceanic
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
languageSubgroup Polynesian NERFINISHED
minorityLanguageIn France NERFINISHED
partOf Polynesian language continuum NERFINISHED
region South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
spokenIn French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna NERFINISHED
Futuna Island NERFINISHED
Wallis and Futuna NERFINISHED
status indigenous language of Wallis and Futuna
typologicalFeature dual number in pronouns
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
plural number in pronouns
trial number in pronouns
use of prepositions rather than postpositions
verb–subject–object basic word order
usedAlongside French NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication on Futuna Island
local religious practice
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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