Puka-Pukan language

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Puka-pukan
Spoken in: French Polynesia 
Region: northeastern Tuamotus, Tahiti
Total speakers: ~1,000
Language family: Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Central Eastern
   Eastern
    Oceanic
     Central-Eastern
      Remote
       Central Pacific
        East Fijian-Polynesian
         Polynesian
          Nuclear Polynesian
           Eastern
            Central Eastern
             Marquesic
              Puka-pukan 
Official status
Official language of: unofficial local use in Puka-Puka and the Disappointment Islands
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: map
ISO/FDIS 639-3:
This article refers to the language of Puka-Puka in French Polynesia. For the language of the Danger Islands in the northern Cook Islands, see Pukapukan language.

Puka-Pukan is the Marquesic language of Puka-Puka and the Disappointment Islands of French Polynesia.