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'Uvean' ('Fakauvea' in the vernacular) is the Polynesian language spoken on Uvea (also known as Wallis Island), and it was therefore known as Wallisian in colonial times. The term East-Uvean is also used to distinguish it from the related Uvean spoken on the outlier island of Ouvéa (near New Caledonia), for which the term West-Uvean can be used. In fact Ouvean tradition holds that the latter island was colonised from 'Uvea in ancient times.
Classified by linguists as a Nuclear Polynesian language, Uvean has borrowed heavily from Tongan, the island having been a part of the Tu'i Tongan empire for many centuries. It is closely related to Niuafo'ou.
The standard 5 vowels: a, e, i, o, u, with their lengthened variants: ā, ē, ī, ō, ū.
The consonants: f, g (always pronounced as ŋ (ng)), h, k, l, m, n, s (rare, usually from foreign words), t, v, '.
The '', representing the glottal stop (see also okina), is known in Uvean as ''fakamoga'' (belonging to the throat). The fakamoga is nowadays taught at schools, and can be written with straight, curly or inverted curly apostrophes. Similarly the macron ('Uvean: ''fakaloa'', 'to lengthen') is now taught in schools to mark long vowels, even though the older generation has never marked the glottal stop or vowel length.
For example: ''Mālō te ma'uli'' (hello)
★ http://www.uvea-mo-futuna.com/article.php3?id_article=937 beginners course in 'Uvean.
'Uvean' ('Fakauvea' in the vernacular) is the Polynesian language spoken on Uvea (also known as Wallis Island), and it was therefore known as Wallisian in colonial times. The term East-Uvean is also used to distinguish it from the related Uvean spoken on the outlier island of Ouvéa (near New Caledonia), for which the term West-Uvean can be used. In fact Ouvean tradition holds that the latter island was colonised from 'Uvea in ancient times.
Classified by linguists as a Nuclear Polynesian language, Uvean has borrowed heavily from Tongan, the island having been a part of the Tu'i Tongan empire for many centuries. It is closely related to Niuafo'ou.
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Alphabet
The standard 5 vowels: a, e, i, o, u, with their lengthened variants: ā, ē, ī, ō, ū.
The consonants: f, g (always pronounced as ŋ (ng)), h, k, l, m, n, s (rare, usually from foreign words), t, v, '.
The '', representing the glottal stop (see also okina), is known in Uvean as ''fakamoga'' (belonging to the throat). The fakamoga is nowadays taught at schools, and can be written with straight, curly or inverted curly apostrophes. Similarly the macron ('Uvean: ''fakaloa'', 'to lengthen') is now taught in schools to mark long vowels, even though the older generation has never marked the glottal stop or vowel length.
For example: ''Mālō te ma'uli'' (hello)
External links
★ http://www.uvea-mo-futuna.com/article.php3?id_article=937 beginners course in 'Uvean.
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