Wallisian, or ʻUvean (Wallisian: Fakaʻuvea), is the Polynesian language spoken on Wallis Island (also known as ʻUvea). The language is also known as East...

Futuna (see: Wallisian language, Futunan language) many languages in French Polynesia (Tahitian and other Eastern Polynesian languages) Shibushi in Mayotte...

inappropriate for the ʻokina. The glottal stop letter in Tahitian and Wallisian has a distinct appearance, like the turned comma rotated 90° clockwise...

the 2018 census, among people 14 y/o and older, 59.1% reported Wallisian as the language they speak the most at home (down from 60.2% in 2008), 27.9% reported...

or glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely...

Frenchman, leaving his wife and child to live with a rae-rae in Raiatea. In Wallisian culture, people who occupy a similar third gender role are known as fakafafine...

Wallis (Wallisian: ʻUvea) is a Polynesian atoll/island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer, or...

residence, health conditions, loss of autonomy or disability, or usage of a language other than French. In March 2008, Xavier Darcos, Minister of Education...

dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member...

ʻUvea (Wallisian: ʻUvea, French: Royaume coutumier de Uvea) is one of the three official chiefdoms (Royaume coutumier, lit. 'customary kingdom') of the...

American presence also left its mark on Wallisian language: many borrowings from English were incorporated into Wallisian, notably words for manufactured products...

Tongan kept the *l but lost the *r. Tongan has heavily influenced the Wallisian language after Tongans colonized the island of ʻUvea in the 15th and 16th centuries...

on the French islands. The word "ota" means "raw" within the Polynesian language group, although the more common term for the dish in French Polynesia is...

Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that...

badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton de Wallis-et-Futuna; Wallisian and Futunan: Fo'i gao'i badminton fakafenua no te fenua ʻUvea mo Futuna)...

indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca...

Islander Polynesian French Roman Catholic 99% Other 1% Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language): 58.9% Futunian: 30.1% French (officials): 10.8%. Other:...

tə-GAH-log; [tɐˈɡaːloɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the...

sent to school in New Caledonia, where he encountered the Wallisian language and wrote a Wallisian - Tahitian - French lexicon. He graduated with a degree...

Māori (New Zealand) Moriori (Chatham Islands, New Zealand) † Futunic (?): Wallisian or East Uvean (Fakaʻuvea) (Wallis Island, Wallis and Futuna) Futunan or...

The Austronesian languages (/ˌɔːstrəˈniːʒən/) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia...

affinity to Tongan. In Wallis island, Wallisians use 'Uvean as their everyday language, while French is the language of the administration. Assumption Day...

reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the indigenous language of the Māori people, the...

The Sama–Bajaw languages are a well-established group of languages spoken by the Sama-Bajau peoples (sea gypsies) of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia...

symbols instead of Balinese characters. Balinese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as Northern Nusa Penida...

western Java. It is the native language of more than 68 million people. Javanese is the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers...

Teor and Kur are two Austronesian language varieties of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch spoken near Kei Island, Indonesia. They are reportedly...

pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi...

Cham (Cham: ꨌꩌ, Jawi: چام) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Austronesian family, spoken by the Chams of Southeast Asia. It is spoken primarily in...

that "terms such as 'wealth' and 'money' have no equivalent in the Wallisian language, and their translation is problematic". The goods offered at the katoaga...