紐埃語
紐埃語(紐埃語:ko e vagahau Niuē)是一種波利尼西亞語言,屬於南島語系馬來-波利尼西亞語族。它接近於湯加語。紐埃語與湯加語一起構成湯加語支。使用人數約8000人,其中紐埃島上使用者有2,240人。大部分紐埃居民同時會英語與紐埃語。
紐埃語 | |
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ko e vagahau Niuē | |
母語國家和地區 | 紐埃、 庫克群島、 新西蘭、 東加 |
母語使用人數 | 紐埃:1300人(2018) 紐西蘭:4600人(2013)[1] |
語系 | |
語言代碼 | |
ISO 639-2 | niu |
ISO 639-3 | niu |
Glottolog | niue1239 [2] |
ELP | Niue |
瀕危程度 | |
聯合國教科文組織認定的瀕危語言[3] 危險(UNESCO) | |
方言
紐埃語有兩個主要的方言,北部的motu方言與南部的tafiti方言。方言間的差異主要體現在詞彙上。
參考文獻
引用
- ^ SIL International. Nieuan. Ethnologue.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (編). Niuean. Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. 2016.
- ^ UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger, UNESCO
書籍
- Kaulima, Aiao & Beaumont, Clive H. (1994). A First Book for Learning Niuean. Auckland, New Zealand: Beaumont and Kaulima. ISBN 0-9583383-0-2.
- Kaulima, Aiao & Beaumont, Clive H. (2000). Learning Niuean, Book 2. Tohi Ako Vagahau Niue. Auckland, New Zealand: Beaumont and Kaulima. ISBN 0-9583383-9-6.
- McEwen, J. M. (1970). Niue Dictionary. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Maori and Island Affairs. No ISBN.
- Seiter, William J. (1980). Studies in Niuean Syntax. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0-8240-4560-2.
- Sperlich, Wolfgang B. (1997). Tohi vagahai Niue - Niue language dictionary: Niuean–English, with English–Niuean finderlist. Honolulu, Hawai'i: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-8248-1933-0.
- Tregear, Edward & Smith, S. Percy (1907). A Vocabulary and Grammar of the Niue Dialect of the Polynesian Language. Wellington: Government Printer.
- Anon. et al. (2003). Ko e Tohi Tapu | The Holy Bible in Niue. Suva, Fiji: The Bible Society in the South Pacific. ISBN 0-564-00077-9.
外部連結
- Learn to speak Niue - Vagahau Niue - the Niuean Language. www.learnniue.com is a teaching resource for everyone one wishes to learn the Niuean Language. www.learnniue.com incorporates graded units and online audio. www.learniue.com is a New Zealand Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs project.
- Ethnologue Entry for Niuean (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)
- Niuean Basic Vocabulary List
- Daily Learning of the Niue Language (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)
- Support Proposal for Wikipedia in Niuean Language (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)