ISO 639-3 · tvltvl
Austronesian family
Tuvaluan
‘Gana Tuvalu
Tuvaluan is a language of the Ellicean branch (Austronesian), spoken in Tuvalu. Wikidata counts about 13,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Polynesian language spoken in Tuvalu”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tvl- Glottocode
tuva1244- Family
- Austronesian
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 62 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
11levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tuvaluan · ‘Gana Tuvalu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tuvalu, tvl, Tuvaluan language |
| All speakers | 13,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Tuvalu |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Tuvaluan
The branches above Tuvaluan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch634Nuclear Malayo-Polynesianbranch579Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch470Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch438Oceanicbranch220Central–Eastern Oceanicbranch44Central Pacificbranch38Polynesianbranch36Nuclear Polynesianbranch3ElliceanbranchtvlTuvaluanlanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
