The Tuvaluan language and English are the national languages of Tuvalu. Tuvaluan is of the Ellicean group of Polynesian languages, distantly related to all other Polynesian languages such as Hawaiian, Māori, Tahitian, Samoan and Tongan. It is most closely related to the languages spoken on the Polynesian outliers in Micronesia and northern and central Melanesia. The language has borrowed from the Samoan language, as a consequence of Christian missionaries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries being predominantly Samoan. COUNT 5
QSN1 Besides English, what is the national language of Tuvalu? ANS1 Tuvaluan QSN2 What is the language group of the Tuvaluan language? ANS2 Ellicean group QSN3 What other languages is the Tuvaluan language related? ANS3 Polynesian QSN4 To what area's language is Tuvaluan closely related? ANS4 Micronesia QSN5 From what language does Tuvaluan borrow many linguistic traits? ANS5 Samoan