Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre (1941–2007) was a French linguist based at LACITO–

CNRS The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

, well known for her work on the

languages of New Caledonia New Caledonia, a part of the French Republic, uses French language, French as its official language, following the constitutional law 92-554 (June 1992). The thirty New Caledonian languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. They a ...

. She published extensively on several of these languages, especially Iaai; the various languages of

Hienghène Hienghène (; Fwâi: ''Hyehen'') is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is located on a bay called Hienghène Bay, known for its eroded limestone islets. The islets are rem ...

( Fwâi, Pije,

Jawe Jawe (Diahoue, Njawe, Oubatch, Ubach) is one of the Kanak languages spoken in the northern province of the largest island of New Caledonia named Grande Terre. Jawe speakers are located along the northeast coast of the island, north of Hienghèn ...

, Nemi);

Fagauvea 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 wi ...

; and Nyelâyu. Her interests included the application of the comparative method to the study of

Oceanic languages The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia. Though covering a vast area, Oceanic languages ...

. Her husband, , was also a linguist working on the languages of New Caledonia.

External links

Biography – ''In memoriam''

List of publications

References

* . * . * . * . * . Linguists from France Women linguists 1941 births 2007 deaths 20th-century linguists {{france-linguist-stub