Niuean language

Spoken in

  • Austronesian Malayo - Polynesian Central Eastern Malayo -Polynesian Eastern Malayo -Polynesian oceanic Zentralostozeanisch Remote Oceanic languages Zentralpazifisch East Fidschipolynesisch polynesian Sundanese Niueanische language

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Niu

Niu

The Niueanische language (self- designation ko e vagahau Niue ) is the language of the inhabitants of the Pacific island of Niue, which is closely related to Tongan.

It has about 1,200 speakers on Niue, where it is spoken by more than 95 % of the population, and another 6,000 spokesman in the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Tonga. Almost all speakers are bilingual and speak English.

The Niueanische language belongs to the Polynesian languages ​​are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The language has the ISO 639-2 code niu, the SIL code is NIQ.

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