Tuvaluan

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    Introduction

    Tuvaluan is a language of Tuvalu. It is spoken in Tuvalu, 7 of the 9 inhabited islands. Also in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand.

    Dialects

    North Tuvaluan (Nanumanga, Nanumea, Niutao), South Tuvaluan (Funafuti, Nukufetau, Nukulaelae, Vaitupu). Not intelligible with Samoan (See: Samoan). Formerly used as mission language. Intelligible of Tokelau (See: Tokelauan). Southern dialect is official.

    The Tuvaluan Verb

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