Niuafoʻouan is the language spoken on Tonga's northernmost island Niuafoʻou. Although, because it is part of Tonga, currently all inhabitants speak Tongan as well, Niuafoʻouan has been classified by linguists as a Nuclear Polynesian language with clear affinities to ʻUvean and Tokelauan. Niuafo’ou (Tin Can Island) is the most northerly island in the kingdom of Tonga. ... Nuclear Polynesian refers to those languages comprising the Samoic the Eastern Polynesian branches of the Polynesian group of Austronesian languages. ... Uvean (Fakauvea in the vernacular) is the Polynesian language spoken on Uvea (also known Wallis Island), and it was therefore known as Wallisian in colonial times. ...

The languages on the neighbouring islands of Niuatoputapu and Tafahi are closer to Tongan, of which they can be considered dialects. Niuatoputapu is an island in the island nation of Tonga, Pacific Ocean. ... Tafahi is a small (1. ... A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος) is a variant, or variety, of a language spoken in a certain geographical area. ...