Tuvaluan is a Nuclear
Polynesian language[?] of the Ellicean group spoken in
Tuvalu. It has common words with other Polynesian languages; for instance
te Atua means "God" in both Tuvaluan and
Maori. There are about 11000 speakers.
External link: Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ELL)