Niue

[niu] Also in New Zealand, Tonga, United States. 2,030 in Niue (1998). Population total all countries: 7,767. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1974, Niue Constitution Act, Article 23). Alternate Names: Niuean, “Niuefekai” (pej.) Dialects: Similar to Tongan [ton]. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Tongic Comments: Christian.

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