Tokelauan
A language of Tokelau
| Population | 1,410 in Tokelau (1987). Population total all countries: 3,319. |
| Region | 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 |
| Language use | Most also use some English. |
| Language development | Taught in primary schools. Grammar. Bible portions: 2000. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Fishermen mainly; agriculturalists: coconut, taro, breadfruit, banana, arrowroot. Christian, traditional religion. |
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