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Puka-Pukan language

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 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.



07-14-2008 23:18:10
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