Tokelauans
Tokelauan dancers | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 10,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tokelau Samoa | |
| Languages | |
| Tokelauan, English | |
| Religion | |
| Congregationalism, Roman Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Polynesians |
The Tokelauans are a Polynesian ethnic group native to Tokelau, a Polynesian archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, who share the Tokelauan Polynesian culture, history and language.
The group's home islands are a dependent territory of New Zealand. 77% of Tokelau's population of 1,650 claims Tokelauan ancestry, while 8,676 Tokelauans live in New Zealand. A small number also live in Samoa.