Futunan (native name: Fakafutuna) is the Polynesian language spoken on Futuna (and Alofi). The term East-Futunan is also used to distinguish it from the related Futunan (West-Futunan, Futuna-Aniwan) spoken on the outlier islands of Futuna and Aniwa in Vanuatu.
Although Futuna is geographically closer to Tonga than ʻUvea and farther from Sāmoa, it has the stronger Sāmoan characteristics in the language.
According to Ethnologue, Fakafutuna is spoken by 3,600 on Futuna, as well as 3,000 migrant workers on New Caledonia.
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