Tuvaluan Language - Revision history

Rosbot: Redirecting to Tuvaluan Language (tvl)

2009-08-13T20:49:19Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:49, 13 August 2009
Line 1:		Line 1:
	#REDIRECT [[tvl]]		#REDIRECT [[Tuvaluan Language (tvl)]]

Rosbot: Redirecting to Tvl

2009-08-12T17:46:59Z

Redirecting to Tvl

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:46, 12 August 2009
Line 1:		Line 1:
			#REDIRECT [[tvl]]
	~~<table valign=top>~~
	~~<tr>~~
	~~<td valign=top align=left width="50%">~~
	~~<table valign=top>~~
	~~<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Ellice,Tuvalu,Ellicean,Tuvaluan~~


	~~<b>Description:</b>~~

	Tuvaluan is a Nuclear Polynesian language of the Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu. It is more or less distantly related to all other Polynesian languages, such as Hawaiian, Māori, Tahitian, Samoan, and Tongan, and most closely related to the languages spoken on the Polynesian Outliers in Micronesia and Northern and Central Melanesia. Tuvaluan has borrowed considerably from Samoan, the language of Christian missionaries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There are about 13,000 Tuvaluan speakers worldwide.
	~~Like all other Polynesian languages, Tuvaluan descends from an ancestral language, which historical linguists refer to as "Proto-Polynesian," which was spoken around 3000 years ago.~~
	The sound system of Tuvaluan consists of five vowels (i, e, a, o, u) and 10 or 11 consonants (p, t, k, m, n, g, f, v, s, h, l), depending on the dialect. All sounds, including consonants, come in short and long forms, which are contrastive.
	There are four possible articles in Tuvaluan: definite singular te, indefinite singular se or he (depending on the dialect), definite plural zero form, and indefinite plural ne or ni (depending on the dialect). The verb can be either clause-initial or<i>[~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=104014 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>~~
	~~<tr><td></td></tr>~~
	~~<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>~~
	~~<table valign=top>~~
	<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_tvl_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_tvl_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
	~~</table>~~

	~~</td></tr>~~
	~~</table>~~
	~~</td>~~
	~~<td valign=top align=right>~~
	~~<table valign=top>~~
	~~<tr><td><table>~~

	~~<h2>Overview</h2>~~

	~~<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/tuvalu Tuvalu]</td></tr>~~

	~~<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>~~

	~~<b><i>Countries: </i></b>~~[~~http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/tuvalu Tuvalu]~~
	~~<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/oceania Oceania]~~
	~~</td></tr>~~

	~~<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>~~tvl~~</td></tr>~~

	~~</table>~~
	~~</td></tr>~~
	~~<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>~~
	~~[[Malayo-Polynesian Group]]~~

	~~  [[Central-Eastern Group]]~~

	~~    [[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Group]]~~

	~~      [[Oceanic Group]]~~

	~~        [[Central-Eastern Oceanic Group]]~~

	~~          [[Remote Oceanic Group]]~~

	~~            [[Central Pacific Group]]~~

	~~              [[East Fijian-Polynesian Group]]~~

	~~                [[Polynesian Group]]~~

	~~                  [[Nuclear Polynesian Group]]~~

	~~                    [[Samoic-Outlier Group]]~~

	~~                      [[Ellicean Group]]~~

	~~                        <b>[[Tuvaluan Language~~]]~~</b>~~

	~~</td></tr>~~
	~~</table>~~
	~~</td>~~
	~~</tr>~~
	~~</table>~~

	~~__NOTOC__~~

Rosbot: New page:

Also Known As: Ellice,Tuvalu,Ellicean,Tuvaluan Description: T...
2009-07-14T09:05:40Z

New page: <table valign=top> <tr> <td valign=top align=left width="50%"> <table valign=top> <tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Ellice,Tuvalu,Ellicean,Tuvaluan <b>Description:</b> T...

New page

<table valign=top>
<tr>
<td valign=top align=left width="50%">
<table valign=top>
<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Ellice,Tuvalu,Ellicean,Tuvaluan

<b>Description:</b>

Tuvaluan is a Nuclear Polynesian language of the Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu. It is more or less distantly related to all other Polynesian languages, such as Hawaiian, Māori, Tahitian, Samoan, and Tongan, and most closely related to the languages spoken on the Polynesian Outliers in Micronesia and Northern and Central Melanesia. Tuvaluan has borrowed considerably from Samoan, the language of Christian missionaries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There are about 13,000 Tuvaluan speakers worldwide.
Like all other Polynesian languages, Tuvaluan descends from an ancestral language, which historical linguists refer to as "Proto-Polynesian," which was spoken around 3000 years ago.
The sound system of Tuvaluan consists of five vowels (i, e, a, o, u) and 10 or 11 consonants (p, t, k, m, n, g, f, v, s, h, l), depending on the dialect. All sounds, including consonants, come in short and long forms, which are contrastive.
There are four possible articles in Tuvaluan: definite singular te, indefinite singular se or he (depending on the dialect), definite plural zero form, and indefinite plural ne or ni (depending on the dialect). The verb can be either clause-initial or<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=104014 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
<table valign=top>
<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_tvl_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_tvl_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
</table>

</td></tr>
</table>
</td>
<td valign=top align=right>
<table valign=top>
<tr><td><table>

<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/tuvalu Tuvalu]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Countries: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/tuvalu Tuvalu]
<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/oceania Oceania]
</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>tvl</td></tr>

</table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[Malayo-Polynesian Group]]

  [[Central-Eastern Group]]

    [[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Group]]

      [[Oceanic Group]]

        [[Central-Eastern Oceanic Group]]

          [[Remote Oceanic Group]]

            [[Central Pacific Group]]

              [[East Fijian-Polynesian Group]]

                [[Polynesian Group]]

                  [[Nuclear Polynesian Group]]

                    [[Samoic-Outlier Group]]

                      [[Ellicean Group]]

                        <b>[[Tuvaluan Language]]</b>

</td></tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

NOTOC