Tokelau

Summary

Official Name

Population

1,400

Principal Languages

English

General References

Besnier 1992

Language Counts

The number of established languages listed for Tokelau is 2. All are living languages. Of these, 1 is indigenous and 1 is non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional and 1 is in trouble.

Languages

English eng: Users: 580 in Tokelau (2020 UNSD). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
Tokelauan tkl: Widespread. Users: 1,160 in Tokelau (2020 UNSD). Total users in all countries: 3,630. Status: 6b* (Threatened). De facto language of national identity, only absent from the highest government domains. Alternate Names: Tokelau Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Tokelauan

Languages by Status

1 (National)

English

[eng] 1 (National). De facto national language. 580 in Tokelau (2020 UNSD).

6b (Threatened)

Tokelauan

[tkl] 6b* (Threatened). De facto language of national identity, only absent from the highest government domains. 1,160 in Tokelau (2020 UNSD). Total users in all countries: 3,630.