"In 2008, of speakers over age 14 living on Wallis Islands, 86.1% reported speaking primarily East Uvean in the home, while 12.1% reported speaking primarily French in the home. French is the official language of administration, government, and education, and the only (or dominant) language of contact with neighboring communities in Melanesian New Caledonia, French Polynesia and parts of Vanuatu."

Use of glottal stop (<'>) in written works increasing, as is contrastive vowel length (e.g., ā).