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Preferred term

wlsWallisian  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Wallisian or Uvean 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 (near New Caledonia). Wallisian tradition holds that the latter island was colonised from Wallis Island in ancient times.

Entry terms

  • Wallisian language

ISO 639-3 code

  • wls

Notation

  • wls

In other languages

  • Wallisien

    French

  • Wallisianische Sprache

    German

  • Lingua wallisiana

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • Idioma walisiano

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/wls

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