Tuvaluan language
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Tuvaluan is a Nuclear Polynesian language of the Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu. It has common words with other Polynesian languages; for instance te Atua means "God" in both Tuvaluan and Maori. There are about 11000 Tuvaluan speakers worldwide.
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External link
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ELL)
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References
BESNIER Niko (2000), Tuvaluan: a Polynesian language of the Central Pacific, Routledgenl:Tuvaluaans pt:Língua tuvaluana simple:Tuvaluan language fi:Tuvalun kieli

