Tokelauan: a language in danger
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English - February 04, 2021 20:35 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Tokelauan is on UNESCO'S list of the world's severely endangered languages, how can it be safeguarded? University of Auckland PhD student, John Middleton's thesis is based on the syntax of Tokelauan and he fears for the survival of the language. There are more Tokelauans living in New Zealand than in the Pacific atoll group.