• 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    (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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