• West Uvean (also Uvean or Faga Ouvéa; Fagauvea in the vernacular) is a Polynesian outlier language spoken on the island of Ouvéa, in the Loyalty island...
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  • or ʻUvean (Wallisian: Fakaʻuvea), is the Polynesian language spoken on Wallis Island (also known as ʻUvea). The language is also known as East Uvean to...
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  • Niuafoʻouan, is the language spoken on Tonga's northernmost island, Niuafoʻou. Niuafoʻouan has traditionally been classified as closest to ʻUvean and Tokelauan...
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    or East Uvean (Fakaʻuvea) (Wallis Island, Wallis and Futuna) Futunan or East Futunan (Fakafutuna) (Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna) West Uvean or Faga...
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    Ouvéa (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    home island, Uvea Island. Some of their descendants still speak the West Uvean language. In April 1988, a hostage taking took place on Ouvéa. Four gendarmes...
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    forty native languages of New Caledonia form two branches of the Southern Oceanic languages, part of the Austronesian family; West Uvean is Polynesian...
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    Ouvéa Island (category Articles containing French-language text)
    home island, Uvea Island. Some of their descendants still speak the West Uvean language. Ouvéa is home to around 3,000 people who are organized into tribes...
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  • According to Ethnologue 26, the Samoic–Outlier languages are as follows: Samoic–Outlier East Uvean–Niuafo’ou Niuatoputapu Niuafo’ou Wallisian Ellicean...
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    Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken...
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    (standard Fijian) Gone Dau Lauan Lomaiviti Polynesian family The West Fijian languages are more closely related to Rotuman, and East Fijian to Polynesian...
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    Claire Moyse-Faurie (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    Alongside descriptive studies of Oceanic languages (Drehu, Xârâcùù, Xârâgurè, West Uvean, Haméa, East Futunan, East Uvean), Moyse-Faurie has worked on linguistic...
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    and in Niue. Nuclear Polynesian Samoic East Uvean–Niuafo'ou languages Ellicean languages Futunic languages Pukapuka Samoan Tokelauan Eastern Polynesian...
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    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...
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    The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping comprising the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, all of which are Austronesian. They do not...
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    Atauran is an Austronesian language spoken on Atauro island and in Manatuto Municipality, East Timor. It is closely related to Wetarese and Galoli. Atauran...
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    reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the indigenous language of the Māori people, the...
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  • Albay Bikol, or simply Albayanon is a group of languages and one of the three languages that compose Inland Bikol. It is spoken in the southwestern coast...
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  • Teor and Kur are two Austronesian language varieties of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch spoken near Kei Island, Indonesia. They are reportedly...
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    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...
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    are: Central Pacific languages Eastern Outer Islands languages Loyalty Islands languages Micronesian languages New Caledonian languages North and Central...
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  • pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi...
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    Bali, Lombok, and the Sunda region of West Java, it is also used as a literary language. It was the court language in Palembang, South Sumatra, until the...
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  • an Austronesian language originating in the Caroline Islands, but spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is an official language (as well as English)...
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  • regencies of West Kutai, Kutai Kartanegara, and East Kutai within North Kalimantan province. Kutai is part of the local Bornean Malayic languages and is closely...
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  • Ternateans used (and still use) the unrelated Ternate language, a West Papuan language, as their first language. Malay was used solely as a lingua franca for...
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    Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of...
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  • (Dabawenyo) is a language of the Davao Region of Mindanao in the Philippines. According to Zorc (1977), it is a native Mansakan language influenced by Cebuano...
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  • regional Bisayan language spoken on the coast of Palawan and the Cuyo Islands in the Philippines. Cuyonon had been the lingua franca (language used for communication)...
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  • West Arawe is an Austronesian dialect chain of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The principal varieties are Apalik, Gimi, Aiklep, and Arawe proper...
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    [kɑzʲinʲ(i)mˠɑːzʲɛlˠ]), also known as Ebon, is a Micronesian language spoken in the Marshall Islands. The language of the Marshallese people, it is spoken by nearly...
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