Nukufetau dialect

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The Nukufetau dialect is a regional variety of the Tuvaluan language spoken by the community of Nukufetau Atoll in Tuvalu.

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Label Occurrences
Nukufetau dialect canonical 2

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Statements (24)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of Tuvaluan
country Tuvalu
countryOfficialLanguageContext Tuvaluan is an official language of Tuvalu
geographicDistribution Nukufetau Atoll, Tuvalu
hasAncestorLanguage Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Polynesian language
hasCulturalAssociationWith Nukufetau community
hasDialectContinuumWith other Tuvaluan dialects
hasPhonologySimilarTo Tuvaluan language
hasVocabularySimilarTo other Tuvaluan dialects
ISO639BaseLanguage Tuvaluan (ISO 639-3: tvl)
isSpokenLanguage true
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Polynesian languages
partOf Tuvaluan language
region Central Pacific Ocean
Polynesia
spokenIn Nukufetau
Nukufetau Atoll
subclassOf Tuvaluan dialect
usedBy community of Nukufetau Atoll
usedIn local communication in Nukufetau
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tuvaluan language hasDialects Nukufetau dialect
Tuvaluan dialect continuum hasDialect Nukufetau dialect