Tokelauan (Gagana Tokelau)

Tokelauan is a Polynesian language spoken in Tokelau and New Zealand. Tokelau is a territory of New Zealand to the north of Samoa and east of Tuvalu consisting of three coral atolls: Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu. There are about 1,600 Tokelauan speakers in Tokelau, and about 3,000 speakers in New Zealand. There are also some Tokelau speakers in the Swains Islands near American Samoa.

Tokelauan is mainly as an oral language and is rarely written. There is, however, a Tokelauan translation of the New Testament.

Tokelauan and Tuvaluan and more or less mutually intelligible, and Tokelauan is also closely related to Samoan and the Niuafo'ou language of Tonga.

Tokelauan alphabet & pronunciation

Tokelauan alphabet & pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Tokelauan (Excel)

Sample text

E fānau tagata uma haoloto ma tutuha i mamalu ma āmiotonu. maua latou te mea-alofa o māfaufau ma e iloa lelei mai kino, ma tatau faiga latou i tētahi ma fakauōga.

Text provided by Pukaia Ariki Retu'ioreranofenua

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Videos in and about Tokelauan

Information about Tokelauan | Phrases | Numbers

Links

Information about the Tokelauan Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokelauan_language
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-MacToke-t1-body-d1-d1-d5.html

Learn Tokelauan / Tau Gagana Tokelau
http://www.learntokelau.co.nz

Tokelauan phrases
http://pasifika.tki.org.nz/Pasifika-Languages/Gagana-Tokelau
http://www.tokelau.org.nz/Learn+Tokelauan.html
http://www.spasifikmag.com/documents/tokelauphrases
http://www.learntokelau.co.nz/documents/TauGagana.pdf
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Tokelauan%20language&item_type=topic
https://www.aut.ac.nz/community/pasifika/pacific-language-weeks/tokelau-language-week/?a=695943
http://www.diversicare.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Tokelauan.pdf

Polynesian languages

Anutan, Austral, Emae, Futuna-Aniwa, Futunan, Hawaiian, Kapingamarangi, Mangareva, Māori, Marquesan (North), Marquesan (South), Mele-Fila, Moriori, Niuafoʻou, Niuean, Nukumanu, Nukuoro, Nukuria, Ontong Java, Penrhyn, Pukapukan, Rakahanga-Manihiki, Rapa, Rapa Nui, Rarotongan, Rennellese, Samoan, Sikaiana, Tahitian, Takuu, Tikopia, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuamotuan, Tuvaluan, Vaeakau-Taumako, Wallisian, West Uvean

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

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