Tuvaluan speaking countries
Tuvaluan is one out of two official languages in Tuvalu and is spoken in 3 other countries as monther tongue by a part of the population.As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 93 percent is in Tuvalu. A total of about 12,209.0 people worldwide speak Tuvaluan as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuvalu | Polynesia | yes | 92.5 % | 10,000 |
| Nauru | Micronesia | no | 8.5 % | 1,000 |
| Kiribati | Micronesia | no | 0.5 % | 700 |
| Tokelau | Polynesia | no | 8.4 % | 200 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Tuvaluan as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.