Languages of Tokelau
Tokelau. Formerly called Union Islands. 1,535 (2001 National Census). National or official language: English. A New Zealand self-governing territory. 3 atolls: Atafu, Nukunono, Fakaofo. Literacy rate: 94%. Information mainly from N. Besnier 1992. The number of individual languages listed for Tokelau is 2. Of those, both are living languages.
| English | [eng]
40 in Tokelau (2004).
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
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| Tokelauan | [tkl]
1,410 in Tokelau (1987). Population total all countries: 3,319. Also in American Samoa, New Zealand, United States.
Alternate names: Tokelau.
Dialects: Dialect differences among the 3 atolls. Intelligible with Tuvaluan [tvl]. Similar to Samoan [smo]. Read the Samoan Bible and some speak some Samoan.
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Tokelauan
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