Niuafo’ou

NUM

shifting

Dialects: Probably a dialect of East Uvean , (Wallisian).

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
Central Pacific
East Fijian-Polynesian
Polynesian
Nuclear
Samoic-Outlier
East Uvean-Niuafo’ou

Demographics: 690 (1981 SIL).

Language Use: Used in private when no Tongans present. Not used in church.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Tonga

Other Comments: Christian (Protestant).