The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: NIQ
ISO 639-2: niu
| Population | 2,240 in Niue (1991), 97.4% of the population. Population total all countries 8,000. |
| Region | Also spoken in Cook Islands, New Zealand, Tonga. |
| Alternate names | NIUEAN, 'NIUEFEKAI' |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Tongic. |
| Comments | Linguistically close to Tongan. Christian. Bible 1904. |
