Futuna-Aniwa language

Futuna-Aniwa
RegionVanuatu
Native speakers
1,500 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3fut
Glottologfutu1245

Futuna-Aniwa is a language spoken in the Tafea Province of Vanuatu on the outlier islands of Futuna and Aniwa. The language has approximately 1,500 speakers.[1] It is a Polynesian language, part of the Austronesian language family.[2]

It is occasionally called West Futunan to distinguish it from East Futunan spoken on the islands of Futuna and Alofi in Wallis and Futuna.

  1. ^ a b Futuna-Aniwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Futuna-Aniwa". Glottolog 4.3.