Niue

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A language of Niue

ISO 639-3
niu
Alternate Names
Niuean, “Niuefekai” (pej.)
Autonym
Vagahau Niuē
User Population

1,340 in Niue (2018 World Factbook). Total users in all countries: 5,920.

Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (1974, Niue Constitution Act, Article 23).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Tongic
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Tongan [ton].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1904.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Niue
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.

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