Niuafoʻou language

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Austronesian language Oceanic language Polynesian language endangered language

The Niuafoʻou language is an endangered Polynesian language spoken on the Tongan island of Niuafoʻou, notable for its close relation to the Tongan and Uvean languages.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Niuafoʻou language canonical 3
Niuatoputapu language 2
East Uvean 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
Polynesian language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
alternativeName Niuafoou language ⓘ
Niuafou ⓘ
Niuafoʻou Island ⓘ
surface form: Niuafoʻou
closelyRelatedTo Tongan language ⓘ
Uvean language ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Tonga ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language ⓘ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Proto-Oceanic language ⓘ
Proto-Polynesian language ⓘ
hasDialects none or very few documented dialects ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant inventory similar to Tongan ⓘ
five-vowel system ⓘ
ISO639-3 num ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
Polynesian languages ⓘ
linguisticArea Polynesia ⓘ
partOf Tongan languages continuum ⓘ
region Niuafoʻou Island ⓘ
ʻEua Island Group ⓘ
surface form: Niuas island group

northern Tonga ⓘ
spokenBy Niuafoʻou people ⓘ
spokenIn Niuafoʻou ⓘ
Tonga ⓘ
subclassOf Nuclear Polynesian language ⓘ
Tongan language group ⓘ
threatenedBy Tongan language ⓘ
language shift to Tongan ⓘ
typologicalFeature phonology similar to Tongan ⓘ
verb–subject–object basic word order ⓘ
usedFor local communication on Niuafoʻou ⓘ
vitality severely threatened ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polynesian languages → hasMember → Niuafoʻou language ⓘ
Polynesian languages → hasMember → Niuafoʻou language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niuatoputapu language
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup → includes → Niuafoʻou language ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Uvean language
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup → includes → Niuafoʻou language ⓘ
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup → includes → Niuafoʻou language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niuatoputapu language
Wallisian language → alternateName → Niuafoʻou language ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Uvean
Niuafoʻou people → language → Niuafoʻou language ⓘ