Futunan language
| Futunan | |
|---|---|
| Faka futuna | |
| Region | Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia |
Native speakers | New Caledonia: 3,900 (2014) Wallis and Futuna: 2,500 (2018) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | fud |
| Glottolog | east2447 |
Futunan or Futunian is the Polynesian language spoken on Futuna and nearby Alofi. The term East Futunan is also used to distinguish it from the related West Futunan (Futuna-Aniwa) spoken on the outlier islands of Futuna and Aniwa in Vanuatu.
The language is closely related to other Western Polynesian languages: Fagauvea, Wallisian, Tongan, Samoan, Tokelau, and Niuafoʻou.
It is classified as Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Futunic, Futuna, East.
This language is a member of the diminishing set of native Pacific languages. it is classified as endangered.