Niue

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A language of Niue

ISO 639-3
niu
Alternate Names
Niuean, “Niuefekai” (pej.)
Population

2,030 in Niue (1998). Population total all countries: 7,767.

Location

Also in New Zealand, Tonga, United States.

Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (1974, Niue Constitution Act, Article 23).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Tongic
Dialects

Similar to Tongan [ton].

Language Development
Bible: 1904.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Niue
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Christian.