Tokelau language
Tokelauian (fakatokelau) | ||
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Spoken in |
Tokelau , New Zealand , American Samoa , USA | |
speaker | 3,242 | |
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Official status | ||
Official language in | Tokelau | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639 -1 |
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ISO 639 -2 |
tkl |
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ISO 639-3 |
Tokelau is an Austronesian language spoken by approximately 1,400 people in Tokelau . It belongs to the Polynesian branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family and, along with English, is the official language in Tokelau. Tokelau is also spoken by approximately 2,900 Tokelau immigrants in New Zealand .