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About you
1 Do you consider yourself to be a native or fluent speaker of this language? If not, what language do you feel most comfortable speaking? Yes.
2 What other language(s) do you speak? How well do you speak each one? English. Fluent.
3 What ethnic group do you identify with? Niuean
4 What kind of work does your family do? Public Servants
5 What is your highest level of education? Bachelors, Currently MA student
6 How threatened do you think your language is? Threated. Due to the small size of the population of speakers.
7 Would you want your child to attend vernacular education programs? Elementary, Secondary, University? Focus on English, with Niuean as mandatory up to seccondary school.
In your home community
8 How often do you speak your language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never? Daily
9 How often do you speak your national language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never? Same as above.
10 How often do you speak your language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never?

You to them Them to you
11 In what language(s) do you speak with your parents? Niuean/ English
 Niuean/ English
12 In what languages(s) do you speak with your grandparents? Niuean/ English
 Niuean/ English
13 In what language(s) do you speak with your brother(s)? Niuean/ English Niuean/ English
14 In what language(s) do you speak with your sister(s)? Niuean/ English Niuean/ English
15 If you are married, in what language(s) do you speak with your spouse? NA
 NA
16 If you have children, in what language(s) do you speak with your children? NA NA



17 If you have children, in what language(s) does your spouse speak with your children? NA NA



18 What language do you speak to the merchants at the bazaar/market? Niuean/ English Niuean/ English
19 What language do you speak to the merchants in the stores? Niuean/ English Niuean/ English
20 What language do you use for communication with members of local government? Niuean/ English Niuean/ English
21 What language do you use for communication with members of regional government? Niuean/ English Niuean/ English
22 What language do you use for communication with members of national government? What language do they use with you? Niuean/ English Niuean/ English
23 What language do you use speak to your religious leaders? Niuean/ English Niuean/ English
24 What language do you speak to someone you do not know? Niuean
 Niuean

25 What language will a religious leader use to conduct a ritual? Niuean/ English
26 Do you speak your language to members of neighboring ethnic groups? If so, which one(s) and how often? Yes. Tongans, not very often.
27 Do you ever speak the language of neighboring ethnic groups with members of those groups? If so, which one(s) and how often? Yes. Tongan, not very often.
28 Are there any members of your ethnic group who cannot speak your language? If yes, where? Yes
29 Are there any members of your ethnic group who speak your language differently from you? If yes, where? Yes. Within areas on the island, and between Niueans living abroad.
30 Do most children in your community speak your language fluently? If, not what percent speak fluently? Yes

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