Niuatoputapu language

Niuatoputapu
Niuatoputapu
Native to	Tonga
Extinct	19th century
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Polynesian Samoan–Tokelauan ? Niuatoputapu; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nkp
Linguist List	nkp
Glottolog	niua1241

Niuatoputapu was the indigenous language of Niuatoputapu, Tonga. It was more closely related to Samoan than to Tongan. Sometime in the 18th or 19th century, it became extinct and its use was replaced by Tongan. Practically all knowledge of the Niuatoputapu language comes from a word list compiled by Jacob Le Maire in 1616.^[1]

Sample phrases[]

English	Niuatoputapu
fish	ika
corals	kasoa
the	li
one	tasi
two	lua
three	tolu
five	lima
yam	ufi

References[]

^ "Niuatoputapu - Languages facts sheet by Niklas Jonsson", Niklas Jonsson, 16 December 1998

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[1] "Niuatoputapu - Languages facts sheet by Niklas Jonsson", Niklas Jonsson, 16 December 1998

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