East Uvean-Niuafo'ou languages
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East Uvean-Niuafo'ou | |
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Geographic distribution: |
Polynesian islands |
Genetic classification: |
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Central-Eastern MP Eastern MP Oceanic Central-Eastern Central Pacific East Fijian-Polynesian Polynesian Nuclear Polynesian Samoic East Uvean-Niuafo'ou |
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The East Uvean-Niuafo'ou languages are a subgroup of the Samoic languages. It consists of Niuafo'ou, spoken in Tonga, and ʻUvea, also called Wallisian, is spoken on Uvea Island, part of the French Overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna.