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El idioma tuvaluano ( autoglotónimo: Nganana Tuvalu) es una lengua polinesia del grupo Elliceano, hablado principalmente en Tuvalu donde es idioma oficial.
Tuvaluan is a Polynesian language spoken in Tuvalu in the south-central Pacific, and by small groups of Tuvaluan migrants in Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand and the USA. In 2015 there were about 10,000 speakers of Tuvaluan in Tuvalu, and there are about 2,000 Tuvaluan speakers in other countries.
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The Tuvaluan language and English are the national languages of Tuvalu. Tuvaluan is of the Ellicean group of Polynesian languages, distantly related to all other Polynesian languages such as Hawaiian, Māori, Tahitian, Rapa Nui, Samoan and Tongan.
Tuvalu was first sighted by Europeans on 16 January 1568, during the voyage of Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer and cartographer, who sailed past the island of Nui, and charted it as Isla de Jesús (Spanish for "Island of Jesus").
Tuvaluan, often called Tuvalu, is a Polynesian language closely related to the Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu.
Mar 20, 2024 · Tuvaluan and English are the official languages of Tuvalu but English is not spoken in daily use. Parliament and official functions are conducted in Tuvaluan. Tuvaluan : is distantly related to all other Polynesian languages such as Hawaiian, Māori, Tahitian, Rapa Nui, Samoan and Tongan.
