Tokelauan people

Tokelauan people
Tokelauan dancers
Total population
c. 10,000
Regions with significant populations
 Tokelau

 New Zealand

 Samoa
Languages
Tokelauan, English
Religion
Congregationalism, Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Other Polynesians

Tokelauan people are a Polynesian ethnic group native to Tokelau, a Polynesian archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, who share the Tokelauan Polynesian culture, history and language.

The group's home islands are a dependent territory of New Zealand. 77% of Tokelau's population of 1,650 claims Tokelauan ancestry,[1] while 8,676 Tokelauans live in New Zealand.[2] A small number also live in Samoa.

  1. ^ "Tokelau". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Tokelauan ethnic group". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

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