Talk:Wallisian language

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External Links Section
I removed this section because its only link was dead and I can't find a suitable replacement
 * Beginners course in Wallisian--Spuzzdawg (talk) 05:16, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Wallis and Futuna Scouting
Can someone render "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into ʻUvean and Futunan? Thanks! Chris 07:04, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

infobox
This article needs a language infobox. Chris 06:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Requested move
This article has been renamed from Fakauvea to Wallisian language as the result of a move request. - move to English name as per WP:UE. Keith D (talk) 20:52, 2 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Fakauvea → Wallisian language per WP:UE (Use English names). See Ethnologue, Rosetta Project, and CIA Factbook as well as the ISO code, "wls." —  AjaxSmack   18:45, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Survey

 * Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with  or  , then sign your comment with  . Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.


 * Support per nominator, see comment below about needed visual disambiguation. Gene Nygaard (talk) 16:36, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support, as per nom. – Axman (☏) 06:40, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Any additional comments:

Both articles need cross=references to each other (by hatline or otherwise), something that needs to be done visibly on the page with the confusable "Fakauvea" and "Fagauvea" spellings, not just as is done here with "The language is also known as East Uvean to distinguish it from the related West Uvean spoken on the outlier island of Ouvéa (near New Caledonia)" using only the less confusable names in the visible text. This is true no matter what each of the articles' names are at any particular time. Gene Nygaard (talk) 16:25, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Done via pretty verbose hatnotes. Feel free to change.  —   AjaxSmack   23:33, 29 January 2008 (UTC)


 * My understanding is that the language is referred to as Wallisian in French only and Uvean or West Uvean in English --Spuzzdawg (talk) 05:16, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Peer Review for LING 102
Hi Everyone,

Some suggestions for this article:

1) In the "Influence From Other Languages" section, consider revising the sentence "The natives implemented classes of Wallisian in junior high...". The sentence would flow more smoothly and make better sense if the classes were referred to as "Wallisian classes" or "classes teaching the Wallisian Language". Additionally, the term "junior high" could be specified a little more, as many people, especially non-American English speakers, may have no idea what the term refers to.

2) The first major block of writing in the "Influence from other languages" section has a lot of writing with only one citation at the end. I'm nowhere near an expert on citation rules, but I would make sure that the paragraph(s) don't violate any plagiarism policies. Additionally, it is pretty daunting at first glance to read that entire big paragraph; maybe break it up a bit more, just for the sake of presentation to the reader. Other than that, there's a lot of great information there.

3) The use of "...way before World War II" in the last paragraph could be rephrased. "Way before" sounds a bit like slang or less professional language. Picking a different word to sound more professional might be advisable. Something such as "...long before World War II" or "...well before World War II" would sound a bit more appropriate.

Thanks for your work on this page!

Calebjc3 (talk) 21:03, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Suggestions have been considered and appreciated.

-sdrice77 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdrice77 (talk • contribs) 02:03, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Fakaloa
Hello, I put 'citation needed' for the term fakaloa, because I haven't found any source that says it translates to macron. , you wrote this information [in 2006], do you have any source to back it up? Neither Moyse-Faurie nor Rensch write it, even though the 1984 Rensch dictionary says:"fakaloa: s. prolongement, allongement" (= to lengthen). Skimel (talk) 16:19, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Fakaloa? personal communication with ʻUveans --Tauʻolunga (talk) 05:44, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the answer. However, unlike in scholar articles, personal communications are not considered reliable sources. Furthermore, I don't think that removing this word would be very detrimental to the article. What do you think? Skimel (talk) 14:54, 22 October 2019 (UTC)