ELP ID
29743
ELP Language
Vaeakau-Taumako
Speaker Number
1000-9999
Public Comment
"There is a lot of mobility between the islands in each group, and so it is difficult to pinpoint the number of speakers on each island, but at the time of writing there were approximately 200 people living on Nifiloli, 120 on Pileni, 70 on Nukapu, 60 on Nupani, 50 on Matema, 20 on Tinakula, and 10 on Makalumu... Surveys give the number of inhabitants in the Duffs around 4-500 but our personal experience suggests that this number is too low - the actual number may be as high as 800.... The 1999 census reported a total of 1,662 people giving either "Pileni" or "Taumako" as their first language (1142 for Pileni, 520 for Taumako)."
Source
A Grammar of Vaeakau-Taumako
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
1,662
Speaker Number Range
1000-9999