East Futuna
East Futuna is an Austronesian language spoken in Wallis & Futuna.
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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.
From Wikipedia · Futunan language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in East Futuna
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | fafine | |
| person | kilisiteano* | |
| name | igoa* | |
| eye | famata* | |
| ear | taliga* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | nifo* | |
| tongue | alelo* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | toto* | |
| bone | ivi* | |
| skin | kili* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | vai | |
| fire | afi* | |
| sun | la7a* | |
| star | fetu7u* | |
| stone | fatu* | |
| mountain | ma7uga* | |
| tree | la7akau* | |
| leaf | laula7akau* | |
| night | po7uli* | |
| dog | kuli* | |
| fish | ika* | |
| horse | ōsi | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | tasi | |
| two | lua* | |
| I | au* | |
| you | koutou* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- East UveanAustronesian81% alike
- TuvaluAustronesian73% alike
- TikopiaAustronesian72% alike
- Vaeakau-TaumakoAustronesian66% alike
- Niuafo'ouAustronesian65% alike
- MāngarongaroAustronesian65% alike
Grammar
- AnutaAustronesian90% alike
- RerepAustronesian89% alike
- DehuAustronesian87% alike
- PijinIndo-European87% alike
- Western Bukidnon ManoboAustronesian85% alike
- MāngarongaroAustronesian85% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · east2447 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · fud