Tokelauan language group

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Polynesian language subgroup language group

The Tokelauan language group is a small Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family, primarily spoken in Tokelau and closely related to other Polynesian languages.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tokelauan language	6

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polynesian language subgroup ⓘ language group ⓘ
associatedPeople	Tokelauan New Zealanders ⓘ surface form: Tokelauan people
closelyRelatedTo	Niuean language ⓘ Samoan language ⓘ Tokelauan language group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tokelauan language Tuvaluan language ⓘ
endangerment	vulnerable ⓘ
geographicDistribution	central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasMember	Tokelauan language group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tokelauan language closely related Polynesian lects of Tokelau ⓘ
ISOClassification	falls under Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Polynesian ⓘ
languageBranch	Oceanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian
linguisticFeature	shares phonological features with other Polynesian languages ⓘ shares vocabulary with Samoan ⓘ
partOf	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian language family
primaryRegion	Tokelau ⓘ
regionType	Polynesia ⓘ
spokenIn	Tokelau ⓘ
status	minority language group ⓘ
subfamily	Polynesian ⓘ
subgroupOf	Polynesian languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature	verb–subject–object word order ⓘ
usedFor	everyday communication in Tokelau ⓘ traditional oral literature in Tokelau ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ