Pacific languages

Pacific languages research project

The University of Auckland is seeking information on ways to maintain Pasifika / Pacific community languages in Aotearoa / New Zealand, as part of a research project called Language Maintenance and Revival Strategies in Pacific Communities.

You are invited to assist this research by completing a questionnaire.

Pacific Languages Framework

We have been developing the Pacific Languages Framework (PLF), and are working towards submitting a final Framework to Cabinet this year.

Consultation on the PLF occured in August 2011, at fonos throughout the country. A summary report on the 2011 August to October consultation fono will be available in 2012.

Learn Pacific languages

In support of the use of Pacific languages in the home and community,  we have developed a series of language resources in partnership with Niuean, Tokelauan and Cook Islands communities:

Learn Pacific greetings

The following pages provide generally-used greetings and salutations for both oral and written use, for seven Pacific languages:

• Cook Islands

• Niuean

• Samoan

• Solomon Island

• Tokelauan

• Tongan

• Tuvaluan

Please note:
1. These include generally accepted terms.
2. Some of the terms used in formal/informal and oral/written contexts are the same.