Niuean language

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Niuean
ko e vagahau Niuē
Native to	Niue, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Tonga
Native speakers	1,300 in Niue (2018)[1] 4,600 in New Zealand (2013)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Polynesian Tongic Niuean
Official status
Official language in	Niue
Language codes
ISO 639-2	niu
ISO 639-3	niu
Glottolog	niue1239
ELP	Niue
Niuean is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Niuean (/njuˈeɪən/;^[2] ko e vagahau Niuē) is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages. It is most closely related to Tongan and slightly more distantly to other Polynesian languages such as Māori, Samoan, and Hawaiian. Together, Tongan and Niuean form the Tongic subgroup of the Polynesian languages. Niuean also has a number of influences from Samoan and Eastern Polynesian languages.