Talk:Wallisian language

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)[reply]

1. Mariani J., Paroubek P., Francopoulo G., Max A., Yvon F., Zweigenbaum P. (2012) The French Language in the European Information Society. In: Rehm G., Uszkoreit H. (eds) The French Language in the Digital Age. White Paper Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdrice77 (talk • contribs) 03:02, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2. Tryon Darrel, (2008), The French Language in the Pacific. The journal of Pacific History.

3. Caroline Kerfoot & Kenneth Hyltenstam. (2017) Routledge critical studies in multilingualism. Entangled discourses. South-North orders of visibility. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdrice77 (talk • contribs) 03:23, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdrice77: Thanks for your modifications on the article :) Are you sure of the title of the reference you have given (Karl Rensch, Tongan Language ; Wallisian Tongan Dialect ; and East Futuna Language ; Relationship to Language Policy ; Language Problems and Language Planning)? I couldn't find any reference to it on google. Maybe are you referring to "The Delayed Impact: Postcolonial Language Problems in the French Overseas Territory Wallis and Futuna (Central Polynesia)" by Rensch (1990)? Thanks for clarifying and keep up the good work :) Skimel (talk) 21:20, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Suggestions have been considered and appreciated.

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

Hello, I put 'citation needed' for the term fakaloa, because I haven't found any source that says it translates to macron. @Tauʻolunga:, 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)[reply]

Fakaloa? personal communication with ʻUveans --Tauʻolunga (talk) 05:44, 22 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]