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.
5-523: West Uvean has been studied by linguists Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre and Claire Moyse-Faurie . 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). West Uvean has long been in contact with Iaai ,
10-545: A decimal system, West Uvean evolved to a quinary system, under influence of its Iaai neighbour. 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 ' , and nea in tahi enea means ' man ' . Nowadays, the West Uvea or Faga Uvea people use French or Iaai numeral systems more frequently. This article about Central Pacific languages
15-436: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fran%C3%A7oise Ozanne-Rivierre Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre (1941–2007) was a French linguist based at LACITO – CNRS , internationally known for her work on the languages of New Caledonia . She completed her doctorate in linguistics in 1973, with a dissertation titled Le iaai, langue mélanésienne d'Ouvéa (Nouvelle-Calédonie) , at Université Paris III , where she
20-477: The Southern Oceanic language also spoken on the same island. This contact has resulted in four vowels being added to the phonemic system of West Uvean; and to a complexification of the syllable structure, allowing for final consonants. / ɾ / is only heard in intervocalic position. West Uvean is the only Polynesian language to use a quinary numeral system. While Polynesian languages historically have
25-483: Was a student of Haudricourt and Hagège . She became a member of the CNRS in 1972 and joined LACITO in 1976, where she remained until her retirement in 2006. She published extensively on several New Caledonian languages, especially Iaai ; the various languages of Hienghène ( Fwâi , Pije , Jawe , Nemi ); Fagauvea ; and Nyelâyu . She was known for her work on Austronesian comparative linguistics, in particular for
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