Niuatoputapu language
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| Tokelauan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Tonga |
| Extinct | 19th century |
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Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nkp |
Linguist list | nkp |
Niuatoputapu was the indigenous language of Niuatoputapu, Tonga. It was more closely related to Samoan than to Tongan. Sometime in the 18th or 19th century, it became extinct and its use was replaced by Tongan.
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