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This article deals with West Uvean or Fagauvea a language of New Caledonia. For East Uvean or Fakauvea the language of Wallis Island (Uvea) see Wallisian language.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. It has long been in contact with Iaai the Southern Oceanic language also spoken on the same island.