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Tuvaluan language

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 speakers.

External link: Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ELL)

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