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The population of Tuvalu is approximately 10,837 people (2012 Population & Housing Census Preliminary Analytical Report). There are estimated to be more than 13,000 Tuvaluan speakers worldwide. In 2015 it was estimated that more than 3,500 Tuvaluans live in New Zealand, with about half that number born in New Zealand and 65 percent of the Tuvaluan community in New Zealand is able to speak Tuvaluan. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Tuvalu Language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluan_language, accessed 27 Jun 2021.</ref> | The population of Tuvalu is approximately 10,837 people (2012 Population & Housing Census Preliminary Analytical Report). There are estimated to be more than 13,000 Tuvaluan speakers worldwide. In 2015 it was estimated that more than 3,500 Tuvaluans live in New Zealand, with about half that number born in New Zealand and 65 percent of the Tuvaluan community in New Zealand is able to speak Tuvaluan. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Tuvalu Language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluan_language, accessed 27 Jun 2021.</ref> | ||
Isolation of minority-language communities promotes maintenance of the language.[18] Due to global increases in temperature, rising sea levels threaten the islands of Tuvalu. Researchers acknowledges that within a "few years," the Pacific Ocean may engulf Tuvalu, swallowing not only the land, but its people and their language. In response to this risk, the Tuvaluan government made an agreement with the country of New Zealand in 2002 that agreed to allow the migration of 11,000 Tuvaluans (the island nation's entire population). The gradual resettlement of Tuvaluans in New Zealand means a loss of isolation for speakers from the larger society they are joining that situates them as a minority-language community. As more Tuvaluans continue to migrate to New Zealand and integrate themselves into the culture and society, relative isolation decreases, contributing to the language's endangerment. | |||
Lack of isolation due to forced migration since 2002 has contributed to the endangerment of the Tuvaluan language and may further threaten it as more Tuvaluans are removed from their isolated linguistic communities. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Tuvalu Language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluan_language#Risk_of_Endangerment, accessed 27 Jun 2021.</ref> | |||
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==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||
*[https://omniglot.com/writing/tuvaluan.htm Tuvaluan Alphabet and Pronunciation] | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluan_language#Phonology Tuvaluan Alphabet and Pronunciation] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluan_language#Phonology Tuvaluan Alphabet and Pronunciation] | ||
The sound system of Tuvaluan consists of five vowels (/i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/). All vowels come in short and long forms, which are contrastive. | The sound system of Tuvaluan consists of five vowels (/i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/). All vowels come in short and long forms, which are contrastive. | ||
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There are no diphthongs so every vowel is sounded separately. Example: ''taeao'' ‘tomorrow’ is pronounced as four separate syllables (ta-e-a-o). | There are no diphthongs so every vowel is sounded separately. Example: ''taeao'' ‘tomorrow’ is pronounced as four separate syllables (ta-e-a-o). | ||
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