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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. It has long been in contact with Iaai, the Southern Oceanic language also spoken on the same island. Consequently, four vowels have been added, and the syllable structure has become complex, allowing for final consonants.[2]: 534 

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)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Polynesian
        • Futunic?
          • Emaic
            • West Uvean
Language codes
ISO 639-3uve
Glottologwest2516

West Uvea is the only Polynesian language to use a quinary numeral system. It is probably the original decimal Polynesian people influenced by the nearby Iaai people who used a quinary numeral system, and changed from a decimal system to a quinary one. There are two sets of numerals from 11 to 20, the second way was the archaic form. The word 'tupu' means 'sum', 'teanua' in 'tahi a teanua' means 'human body', 'nea' in 'tahi enea' means 'man'. Nowadays, the West Uvea or Faga Uvea people use French or Iaai numeral systems more frequently.


Name


The speakers designate their language by the name Fagauvea, which is also the name used in French. The name West Uvean sometimes used in English is meant to distinguish the language from the related East Uvean or Wallisian, spoken on Wallis Island (ʻUvea).


Phonology


Consonants[3]
Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t ʈ c k
voiced b d ɖ ɟ ɡ
Fricative voiceless f θ s ʃ h
voiced v
Nasal voiced m n ɲ ŋ
voiceless m̥ n̥
Rhotic (ɾ)
Approximant voiced w l
voiceless w̥ l̥

/ɾ/ is only heard in intervocalic position.[3]

Vowels
Front Central Back
High i y u
Mid e œ əo
Low æ a

References


  1. West Uvean at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Button, Tom; Tryon, Darell T. (1994). Language contact and change in the Austronesian world. Mouton de Gruyter.
  3. Ozanne-Rivierre, Françoise (1994). Iaai loanwords and phonemic changes in Fagauvea. Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World: Mouton De Gruyter. pp. 523–550.


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На других языках

[de] Westuveanische Sprache

Westuveanisch (auch Uveanisch oder vernakulär Fagauvea, französisch Faga Ouvéa) ist eine vom Aussterben bedrohte polynesische Outlinersprache, die auf der Insel Uvea, in der Loyalitäts-Inselgruppe von Neukaledonien, gesprochen wird.
- [en] West Uvean language

[fr] Fagauvea

Le fagauvea ou faga-uvea est une langue polynésienne parlée dans l'île d'Ouvéa, aux Îles Loyauté, par 2 219 locuteurs (2009)[1]. Il s'agit d'une des 28 langues kanak de Nouvelle-Calédonie, régie par l'Académie des langues kanak. Elle dérive du wallisien (faka 'uvea)[2].

[it] Lingua fagauvea

L'uveano occidentale o fagauvea (anche faga-uvea, [faŋau'vea]) è una lingua polinesiana parlata sull'isola di Ouvéa, nelle isole della Lealtà, da 2.219 locutori (2009). È considerata una delle 28 lingue canache della Nuova Caledonia, governata dall'Accademia delle lingue canache, anche se è l'unica ad essere polinesiana e non melanesiana. Deriva dall'uveano orientale (faka‘uvea, [fakaʔu'vea]), parlato in un altro territorio d'oltremare francese, l'isola di Wallis, in uveano ‘Uvea.

[ru] Западный увеа

За́падный уве́а (самоназвание Fagauvea) — один из полинезийских языков, распространён на острове Увеа наряду с лааи, южноокеанийским языком. Этот язык давно пересекается с лааи и испытывает на себе его влияние. Так, например, в него были добавлены 4 гласных звука[1].


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