Te Leo Wale

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Te Leo Wale is an alternative name for the Pukapukan language, a Polynesian language spoken on Pukapuka Atoll in the Cook Islands.

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Te Leo Wale canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian language
language
alternativeNameOf Pukapukan language
closelyRelatedTo Samoan language
Tokelauan language
linked to: Tokelauan

Tuvaluan language
country Cook Islands
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Pukapukan people
hasAlternativeName Pukapuka language
linked to: Pukapukan language

Pukapukan
hasBasicWordOrder VOS
VSO
hasCulturalRole marker of Pukapukan identity
hasDialects Ngake village variety
Pukapuka village variety
Yato village variety
hasDomainOfUse home and community
local church activities
traditional songs and chants
hasGlottocode puka1243
hasISO639-3Code pkp
hasLanguageStatus minority language in the Cook Islands
hasMorphologicalType predominantly analytic
hasNameInEnglish Pukapukan
hasNumberOfSpeakersApprox 2000
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
typical Polynesian consonant inventory
locatedInBranch Polynesian languages
locatedInLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedInSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
locatedInSubgroup Oceanic languages
region South Pacific Ocean
spokenIn Cook Islands
Pukapuka Atoll
usedAlongside Cook Islands Māori
English
usedFor daily communication on Pukapuka Atoll
usedInDomain local education (early years)
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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