- part of the
Nuclear Polynesian branch.
Polynesian Nuclear Polynesian Ellicean Ellicean–Outlier
Tuvaluan Nukuoro (Nukuoro in the
Federated States of Micronesia)...
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Tahitian Nuclear Polynesian ****unic
languages Pukapuka Ellicean languages Samoic Samoan Tokelauan Ellicean–Outlier
Tuvaluan Nukuoro Kapingamarangi Nukuria Takuu...
-
often called Tuvalu, is a
Polynesian language closely related to the
Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu. It is more or less
distantly related to all other...
- follows: Samoic–Outlier East Uvean–Niuafo’ou Niuato****pu Niuafo’ou
Wallisian Ellicean Kapingamarangi Takuu Nukuoro Nukumanu Nukeria Ontong Java
Sikaiana Tuvaluan...
-
rulers have
towards Gilbertese,
preferring somehow the
Ellicean civil servants. The
Elliceans (further Tuvaluans) were
concerned about their minority...
- languages, as well as some
Admiralty Islands languages and
Polynesian Ellicean–Outlier
languages in a few
outer islands.
Since the late 19th century,...
-
language and
English are the
national languages of Tuvalu.
Tuvaluan is of the
Ellicean group of
Polynesian languages,
distantly related to all
other Polynesian...
- (also Mortlock, Taku, Tau, or Tauu) is a
Polynesian language from the
Ellicean group spoken on the
atoll of Takuu, near
Bougainville Island. It is very...
- (estimated)
speakers living on the atoll.
Ontong Java is
closely related to the
Ellicean languages of
Polynesia and to Sikaiana, Takuu, and
Nukumanu in
Papua New...
- po****tion of
Ocean Island was of 2,607
inhabitants (1,715 Gilbertese; 65
Elliceans; 129 Europeans; 698 “Mongoloids” [Asians].
After World War II, at the...
