Tokelauan

A language of Tokelau

ISO 639: tkl
Alternate Names: Tokelau
Population: 1,160 in Tokelau (2020 UNSD). Total users in all countries: 3,630.
Location:: Widespread.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened). De facto language of national identity, only absent from the highest government domains.
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
Dialects: Dialect differences among the 3 atolls. Intelligible with Tuvaluan [tvl]. Reportedly similar to Samoan [smo].
Language Use: Also use English [eng].
Language Development: They read the Samoan Bible and some speak some Samoan [smo]. Taught in primary schools. Grammar. NT: 2009.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Tokelauan
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.

New Zealand

Location: Widespread.