West Uvean language

West Uvean (also Uvean or Faga Ouvéa; Fagauvea in the vernacular) is a Polynesian outlier language spoken on the island of Ouvéa, in the Loyalty island group of New Caledonia, and in the capital of Nouméa.

This article is about "West Uvean" or "Fagauvea", a language of New Caledonia. For "East Uvean" or "Fakauvea", the language of Wallis Island (Uvea), see Wallisian language.
West Uvean
Fagauvea
Native toNew Caledonia
RegionOuvéa
Native speakers
2,200 (2009 census)
Language codes
ISO 639-3uve
Glottologwest2516
West Uvean is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

West Uvean has been studied by linguists Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre and Claire Moyse-Faurie.

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