Tuvaluan

Polynesian language spoken in Tuvalu
Intangible natural_language Q34055
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Tuvaluan

Summary

Tuvaluan is a natural language[1]. Tuvaluan draws 439 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #230 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tuvaluan is in the country of Tuvalu[3].
  • Tuvaluan's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Tuvaluan's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Tuvaluan is a type of Ellicean[6].
  • Tuvaluan's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Tuvaluan's Wikimedia language code is recorded as tvl[8].
  • Tuvaluan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tuvaluan language[9].
  • Tuvaluan's described at URL is recorded as https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=163[10].
  • Tuvaluan's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+13000'}[11].
  • Tuvaluan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'tvl', 'text': '‘Gana Tuvalu'}[12].
  • Tuvaluan's UNESCO language status is recorded as 3 definitely endangered[13].
  • Tuvaluan's indigenous to is recorded as Tuvalu[14].
  • Tuvaluan's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TVL[15].
  • Tuvaluan's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 3 Wider Communication[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Tuvaluan is a type of Ellicean[6].

Why It Matters

Tuvaluan draws 439 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #230 of 734).[2] Tuvaluan has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Tuvaluan is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Country Tuvalu
    Instance of
    Indigenous to Tuvalu
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558423005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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