Harshen Tuvalu

'Tuvalu' (/ˌtuːvəˈluːən/),  sau da yawa ana kiransa Tuvalu, yare ne na Polynesia wanda ke da alaƙa da Ƙungiyar Ellicean da ake magana a Tuvalu. Yana da alaƙa da sauran yarukan Polynesian, kamar Hawaiian, Māori, Tahitian, Samoan, Tokelauan da Tongan, kuma mafi kusanci da yarukan da ake magana a kan Polynesian Outliers a Micronesia da Arewa da Tsakiyar Melanesia. Tuvaluan ya aro da yawa daga Samoan, harshen mishaneri na Kirista a ƙarshen ƙarni na 19 da farkon ƙarni na 20.

Yawan mutanen Tuvalu kusan mutane 10,645 ne (2017 Mini Census),  amma an kiyasta cewa akwai fiye da 13,000 masu magana da Tuvaluan a duk duniya. A cikin 2015 an kiyasta cewa fiye da 3,500 Tuvaluans suna zaune a New Zealand, tare da kusan rabin wannan adadin da aka haifa a New Zealand kuma kashi 65 cikin dari na al'ummar Tuvaluan a New Zealand suna iya magana da Tuvaluan.

 Bambancin sunaye 
Masu magana da harshen Tuvaluan suna da sunaye daban-daban don yarensu. A cikin harshe da kansa, ana kiransa  wanda ke fassara zuwa "harshen Tuvaluan", ko kuma ƙasa da haka kamar , ma'ana "harshenmu". Harsunan Vaitupi da Funafuti an san su tare a matsayin yaren da ake kira , ma'ana 'harshe na kowa". A baya, an san ƙasar Tuvalu da tsibirin Ellice kuma saboda haka ana kiran yaren Tuvalu da Ellice ko Ellicean.

 Tarihi 
Kamar sauran harsunan Polynesian, Tuvaluan ya fito ne daga yaren kakanninmu, wanda masana harsuna na tarihi ke magana da shi a matsayin "Proto-Polynesian", wanda aka yi magana watakila kimanin shekaru 2,000 da suka gabata.

 Tasirin Harshe 
Tuvaluan yana da kyakkyawar hulɗa da Gilbertese, yaren Micronesian; Samoan; kuma, da yawa, Turanci. Ana magana da Gilbertese a asali a Nui, kuma yana da mahimmanci ga mutanen Tuvalu lokacin da mulkin mallaka ke cikin Tsibirin Gilbert. Masu wa'azi a ƙasashen waje ne suka gabatar da Samoan, kuma ya fi tasiri a kan yaren. A lokacin mulkin mallaka a duk faɗin Oceania a cikin karni na sha tara, harshen Tuvaluan ya rinjayi makiyaya na Samoan. A cikin ƙoƙari na "Kirista" Tuvaluans, inganta harshe na harshen Samoan ya bayyana a cikin amfani da shi don ayyukan gwamnati da koyar da karatu da rubutu, da kuma cikin coci, har sai an maye gurbinsa da harshen Tuvaluan a cikin shekarun 1950.

Tasirin Ingilishi ya iyakance, amma yana girma. Tun lokacin da ya sami 'yancin siyasa a cikin shekarun 1970s, ilimin harshen Ingilishi ya sami muhimmancin tattalin arziki a Tuvalu. Ikon yin magana da Turanci yana da mahimmanci ga sadarwa ta kasashen waje kuma sau da yawa shine yaren da ake amfani da shi a harkokin kasuwanci da kuma saitunan gwamnati.

 Fasahar sauti 

 Sautin sautin 
Tsarin sautin na Tuvaluan ya ƙunshi wasula biyar (). Duk sautin sun zo a cikin gajeren da tsawo, waɗanda suke da bambanci.
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Babu diphthongs don haka kowane wasali yana sauti daban. Misali: KO'a 'gobe' ana furta shi a matsayin kalmomi daban-daban guda huɗu (ta-e-a-o). 

 Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi 
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