Tuvaluan
A language of Tuvalu
| Population | 10,700 in Tuvalu (1998). Population total all countries: 13,080. |
| Region | Tuvalu, 7 of the 9 inhabited islands. Also in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand. |
| Alternate names | Ellice, Ellicean, Tuvalu |
| Dialects | North Tuvaluan (Nanumanga, Nanumea, Niutao), South Tuvaluan (Nukufetau, Vaitupu, Funafuti, Nukulaelae). Not intelligible with Samoan [smo]. Formerly used as mission language. Intelligible with Tokelau [tkl]. Southern dialect is official. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Ellicean |
| Language use | Official language. Vigorous. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: High. Bible: 1987. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Christian. |
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