Wallis and
Futuna
(overseas
collectivity of France)
The Futuna island group
was discovered by the Dutch in 1616 and Wallis
by the British in 1767, but it was the French who declared a
protectorate over the islands in 1842. In 1959, the inhabitants of the
islands voted to become a French overseas territory. Its languages are:
Wallisian 58.9% (indigenous Polynesian language), Futunian 30.1%,
French 10.8%, and other 0.2%.
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