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Name:
Tuvaluan
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Ellice; Ellicean; Tuvalu
Spoken in:
Fiji, Nauru, Kiribati, New Zealand, Tuvalu
Number of speakers:
10,700 in Tuvalu (1998). Population total all countries: 13,080
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
11000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
13051
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tvl
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Austronesian
Parent Subgroup:
Ellicean (ellc)
Child Dialects:
North Tuvaluan; Nanumanga; Nanumea; Niutao (tvl-nor)
South Tuvaluan; Nukufetau; Vaitupu; Funafuti; Nukulaelae (tvl-sou)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Tuvaluan
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