Niuafoʻou language
| Niuafo'ou | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Tonga |
Native speakers | (690 cited 1981)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
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| Glottolog |
niua1240[2] |
Niuafoʻouan is the language spoken on Tonga's northernmost island, Niuafoʻou.
Niuafoʻouan has traditionally been classified as closest to ʻUvean and Tokelauan, in an East Uvean–Niuafo'ou branch. However, recent research[3] suggests that it is closest to its neighbor, Tongan, as one of the Tongic languages.
References
- ↑ Niuafo'ou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Niuafo'ou". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Marck, Jeff (2000), Topics in Polynesian languages and culture history. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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