Tokelauan (/toʊkəˈlaʊən/) is a Polynesian language spoken in Tokelau and historically by the small population of Swains Island (or Olohega) in American...

Tokelauans live in New Zealand. A small number also live in Samoa. The Tokelauan language is part of the Polynesian language family. Most Tokelauans are...

Tokelau has two official languages: Tokelauan and English. Over 90% of the population speaks Tokelauan, and just under 60% speak English. Also, 45.8%...

songwriting in the Tokelauan language. Foaʻi was born in New Zealand in the mid-1990s, and she grew up in Auckland. She is of Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, and British...

definite or indefinite article in the Tokelauan language would be the sentence “Kua hau te tino”. In the English language, this could be translated as “A man...

is married and has 4 children in total. He composed the Samoan and Tokelauan language songs Logo te Pate, An Innocent Warrior and We Know the Way (English...

language – formerly spoken in New Zealand's Chatham Islands Niuean language – spoken in the New Zealand associated state of Niue Tokelauan language –...

island nations. Approximately 94% of the population speak Tokelauan as their first language. Tokelau has the smallest economy of any nation. It is a leader...

Asplenium nidus is an epiphytic species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae, native to tropical southeastern Asia, eastern Australia, Hawaii (ʻēkaha in...

that time. He named the island "Duke of York's island". According to Tokelauan oral tradition, Atafu was established by a man named Tonuia and his wife...

General elections were held in Tokelau on 26 January 2023. The previous elections were held in 2020. The General Fono consists of a Faipule (representative)...

Cook Islands Māori: Porinetia; Tahitian: Pōrīnetia; Tuvaluan: Polenisia; Tokelauan: Polenihia; French: Polynésie; Spanish: Polinesia. From Ancient Greek:...

2022. [we] can further define the word culture to mean language. Thus we have the French language part of Oceania, the Spanish part and the Japanese part...

dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The current head of government (Tokelauan: Ulu-o-Tokelau) is Alapati Tavite, who presides over the Council for the...

"Reo Rapa: A Polynesian Contact Language Contact". Journal of Language: 119. Hooper, Robin (1994). Studies in Tokelauan syntax. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University...

politician who currently serves as the Head of the Government of Tokelau (Tokelauan: Ulu-o-Tokelau), or Ulu. The office of Ulu rotates on an annual basis...

kōrua SBJV happy 2DU 'May you two be happy.' The Tokelauan language is a tenseless language. The language uses the same words for all three tenses; the phrase...

on the French islands. The word "ota" means "raw" within the Polynesian language group, although the more common term for the dish in French Polynesia is...

skin conga), and bass drums. Most of their songs are written in the Tokelauan language, reflecting the heritage of band founder, singer, and main songwriter...

Samoan culture Samoan language Samoans Second Samoan Civil War Siege of Apia Tokelauan language (belongs to the group of Samoic languages, and is derived from...

Treaty of Tokehega, the U.S. formally renounced its prior claim on all Tokelauan islands now under New Zealand sovereignty, including Fakaofu, and a maritime...

was written by Mancina. The lyrics are in English, Samoan, and the Tokelauan language. The soundtrack peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. In many...

Guano Company claimed Duke of Clarance along with a number of other Tokelauan atolls under the U.S. Guano Islands Act. The U.S. State Department bonded...

The General Fono (Tokelauan: Fono Fakamua) is the parliament of Tokelau. It has 20 members (15 before 2008), representing the 3 atolls. Elections are...

inland) *hake, and downwards (downhill, seawards) *hifo. In the Tokelauan language, the Polynesian venitive and andative particles mai and atu have evidential...

is a list of endangered languages of Oceania, based on the definitions used by UNESCO. An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling...

Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that...

the language spoken on Tonga's northernmost island, Niuafoʻou. Niuafoʻouan has traditionally been classified as closest to ʻUvean and Tokelauan, in an...

Research & Developmental Group. Kapingamarangi language Polynesian outlier Polynesian languages Tokelauan language Nukuoro at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Nukuoro...