Languages of Niue
[See also SIL publications on the languages of Niue.]Niue. 2,000. National or official language: English. 1 coral island. A New Zealand self-governing territory. Literacy rate: 99%–100%. Immigrant languages: Tongan. Information mainly from N. Besnier 1992. The number of individual languages listed for Niue is 2. Of those, both are living languages.
| English | [eng]
78 in Niue (2004).
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
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| Niue | [niu]
2,030 in Niue (1998). Population total all countries: 7,990. Also in Cook Islands, New Zealand, Tonga, United States.
Alternate names: Niuean, “Niuefekai”.
Dialects: Similar to Tongan [ton].
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Tongic
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