Puka-Pukan language

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Puka-pukan
Spoken in:	northeastern Tuamotus, Tahiti
Total speakers:	~1,000
Ranking:	not in top 100
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian    Eastern Malayo-Polynesian     Oceanic      Central-Eastern Oceanic       Remote Oceanic        Central Pacific         East Fijian-Polynesian          Polynesian           Nuclear Polynesian            Eastern Polynesian             Central Eastern Polynesian              Marquesic               Puka-Pukan
Official status
Official language of:	unofficial local use in Puka-Puka and the Disappointment Islands
Regulated by:	-
Language codes
ISO 639-1	-
ISO 639-2	-
SIL	-

This article refers to the language of Puka-Puka in French Polynesia. For the language of the Danger Islands in the northern Cook Islands, see Pukapukan language.

Puka-Pukan is the Marquesic language of Puka-Puka and the Disappointment Islands of French Polynesia.

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