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This article deals with the language of Wallis Island, Wallisian, also known as Fakauvea or East Uvean. For the similarly named language of Ouvéa, New Caledonia, see West Uvean (Fagauvea). 40x40px Wallisian language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator Wallisian FakaʻuveaNative to Wallis and FutunaNative speakers 29,800  (2000)Language family Austronesian Malayo-PolynesianOceanicPolynesianRennellese?WallisianLanguage codesISO 639-3 wls Wallisian or ʻUvean (Wallisian: Fakauvea) is the Polynesian language spoken on Wallis Island (also known as Uvea). The language is also known as East Uvean to distinguish it from the related West Uvean spoken on the outlier island of Ouvéa. Wallisian tradition holds that the latter island was colonised from Wallis Island in ancient times. Wallisian may be most closely related to Rennellese. It is also closely related to Tongan.
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