Tokelauan is an Austronesian language.
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Speakers
It is spoken by about 1,700 people on the atolls of Tokelau, and by the few inhabitants of Swains Island in neighbouring American Samoa. Tokelau (ˈtoʊkəlaʊ is a territory of New Zealand that consists of three tropical coral Atolls in the South Pacific Ocean. Swains Island is an Atoll in the Tokelau chain the most northwesterly island administered by American Samoa. American Samoa (Amerika Sāmoa or sm ''Sāmoa Amelika'' is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast It is a member of the Samoic family of Polynesian languages. The Samoic languages are one of the primary classes of Polynesian languages, encompassing the Polynesian languages of Samoa, Tuvalu, American The Polynesian languages are a Language family spoken in the region known as Polynesia. It is, alongside English, the official language of Tokelau. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States In addition to the population of Tokelau, it is spoken by approximately 2,900 Tokelauan expatriates in New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
Affinities with other languages
Tokelauan is intelligible with Tuvaluan, the main language of the neighbouring island realm of Tuvalu. Tuvaluan is a Nuclear Polynesian language of the Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu. Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian Island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and It also has marked similarities to the Niuafo'ou language of Tonga. Niuafoouan is the language spoken on Tonga 's northernmost island Niuafo{{okina}}ou. The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles
Loimata Iupati, Tokelau's resident Director of Education, is translating the Bible from English into Tokelauan. Loimata Iupati is a senior administrator and educator from the Pacific territory of Tokelau. Tokelau (ˈtoʊkəlaʊ is a territory of New Zealand that consists of three tropical coral Atolls in the South Pacific Ocean. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin
See also
External links
- Ethnologue report on Tokelauan
- Mini-dictionary sponsored by Tokelau Magic
- "Te Vaka" - A popular New Zealand music group that sings in the Tokelauan language
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