纽埃语

纽埃语(纽埃语: ko e vagahau Niuē) 是一种波利尼西亚语言,属于南岛语系马来-波利尼西亚语族。它接近于汤加语。纽埃语与汤加语一起构成汤加语支。使用人数约8000人,其中纽埃岛上用户有2,240人。大部分纽埃居民同时会英语与纽埃语。

纽埃语
ko e vagahau Niuē
母语国家和地区 纽埃 库克群岛 新西兰 
母语使用人数
8,000
语系
语言代码
ISO 639-2niu
ISO 639-3niu
Glottologniue1239[1]
ELPNiue
濒危程度
联合国教科文组织认定的濒危语言[2]
UNESCO

方言

纽埃语有两个主要的方言,北部的motu方言与南部的tafiti方言。方言间的差异主要体现在词汇上。

参考文献

  • Kaulima, Aiao & Beaumont, Clive H. (1994). A First Book for Learning Niuean. Auckland, New Zealand: Beaumont and Kaulima. ISBN 0-9583383-0-2.
  • Kaulima, Aiao & Beaumont, Clive H. (2000). Learning Niuean, Book 2. Tohi Ako Vagahau Niue. Auckland, New Zealand: Beaumont and Kaulima. ISBN 0-9583383-9-6.
  • McEwen, J. M. (1970). Niue Dictionary. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Maori and Island Affairs. No ISBN.
  • Seiter, William J. (1980). Studies in Niuean Syntax. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0-8240-4560-2.
  • Sperlich, Wolfgang B. (1997). Tohi vagahai Niue - Niue language dictionary: Niuean–English, with English–Niuean finderlist. Honolulu, Hawai'i: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-8248-1933-0.
  • Tregear, Edward & Smith, S. Percy (1907). A Vocabulary and Grammar of the Niue Dialect of the Polynesian Language. Wellington: Government Printer.
  • Anon. et al. (2003). Ko e Tohi Tapu | The Holy Bible in Niue. Suva, Fiji: The Bible Society in the South Pacific. ISBN 0-564-00077-9.

外部链接

维基孵育场维基百科语言试验版:纽埃语试验版
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (编). . . Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. 2016.
  2. UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger, UNESCO
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