Tokelauan
[aka Tokelau, Fakaafo,]Classification: Austronesian
·threatened
Classification: Austronesian
·threatened
Tokelau, Fakaafo |
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Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Polynesian |
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Information from: “Tokelau: People, atolls and history” . Peter McQuarrie (2007) Wellington: Peter McQuarrie
English
The Tokelau Islands are made up entirely of three coral atolls, Fakaofo, Nukunonu, and Atafu. The atolls are separated from each other by deep ocean and are all below the horizon to each other. Nukunonu is 60 Km from Fakaofo and Atafu is 90 Km beyond it. Fakaofo lies 450 Km north of Samoa; the other two atolls lie further to the Northwest.
Because Tokulau is part of New Zealand, Tokelauans are also New Zealand citizens. Many more live in New Zealand than live on their home islands.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press