Puka-Pukan language

Puka-Pukan language

language
name=Puka-pukan
states=French Polynesia
region=northeastern Tuamotus, Tahiti
speakers=~1,000
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Central Eastern
fam4=Eastern
fam5=Oceanic
fam6=Central-Eastern
fam7=Remote
fam8=Central Pacific
fam9=East Fijian-Polynesian
fam10=Polynesian
fam11=Nuclear Polynesian
fam12=Eastern
fam13=Central Eastern
fam14=Marquesic
nation="unofficial local use in Puka-Puka and the Disappointment Islands
iso2=map|iso3=

:"This article refers to the language of Puka-Puka in French Polynesia. For the language of the Danger Islands in the northern Cook Islands, see Pukapukan language."

Puka-Pukan is the Marquesic language of Puka-Puka and the Disappointment Islands of French Polynesia.


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