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Language code: niu

Technical information about ISO 639 language code niu

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The table below provides technical details for the Niuean language, designated by the niu code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

niu

Name

Niuean

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Motu (Northern Niuean)Tafiti (Southern Niuean)
Related languages
FutunanTonganTokelauanSamoan
Key facts
Belongs to the Nuclear Polynesian branch and shares many cognates with Tongan and Futunanexhibits an ergative-absolutive alignment uncommon in most Polynesian languagesdistinguishes inclusive vs exclusive ‘we’ and marks singular, dual and plural numbersthe modern orthography, based on the Latin script, was standardised in the early 1970svitality is endangered, with the majority of speakers now living in diaspora communities rather than on the island itself
Sample phrase

Fakaalofa atu, fēfē hake a koe?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Niuean language, identified by the code niu, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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