Tuvaluan people in New Zealand

Tuvaluan - Language

 
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Tuvaluan

  • In 2001, 72 percent of Tuvaluan people (with a language) were able to hold an everyday conversation in Tuvaluan.
  • Seventy-nine percent of the overseas-born Tuvaluan population (with a language) were able to speak Tuvaluan – a higher proportion than among the New Zealand-born Tuvaluan population (48 percent of those with a language).

English

  • English was the most widely spoken language among the Tuvaluan population, with 87 percent of Tuvaluan people able to hold an everyday conversation in English in 2001.
  • In 2001, the majority (84 percent) of Tuvaluan people unable to speak English were overseas-born.
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