Demographic Table for LCTLs of the Pacific Islands
Name of Language	Country	Mother Tongue (L1) Speakers	Most Recent Year of Cited Data	Number of L2 Speakers	Current Usage & Socio-cultural Importance
Samoan	American Samoa	56,700	1999		national
	Western Samoa			199,000	national
Rarotongan	Cook Islands	16,800	1979		national
Fijian	Fiji	330,000	1996		national
Fijian, Western		57,000	1997
Hindustani, Fijian		380,000	1991		national
Luan		16,000	1981
Rotuman		9,000	1981
Chinese, Hakka	French Polynesia	19,200	1987
Tahitian		117,000	1977		national
Tuamotuan		14,400	1987
Chamorro	Guam	62,500	1991		official
Kiribati	Kiribati	58,300	1987		national
Marashallese	Marshall Islands	43,900	1979		official
Chuukese	Micronesia	38,300	1989		official
Kosraean		6,900	1993		official
Pohnpeian		27,700	1993		official
Yapese		6,500	1987		official
Naruan	Nauru	6,000	1991		national
Dehu	New Caledonia	15,000	1991
New Caledonian Javanese		6,700
Wallisian		9,000
Maori	New Zealand	50,000-70,000	1991, 1995		official
Carolinian	Northern Marianas	3,000	1990		national
Chomorro (see Guam)		14,000	1990		national
Are'are	Solomon Islands	17,300	1998
Kwaio		16,700	1998
Kwara'ae		33,600	1998
Lau		16,500	1998
Pijin		15,000	1997
Roviana		10,000	1998	16,000
Tongan	Tonga	103,200	1998		national
Tuvalu	?	8,400	1987		national
Bislama	Vanuatu	1,200		128,000	national
Futuna, East	Wallis & Futuna	3,600	1987		national
Wallisian		7,500	1987		national
Hawaiian	USA	1,000	1995	8,000	official
Palauan	Palau	15,000	1991		national
Benabene	Papua New Guinea	45,000	1998
Enga		164,700	1981
Hamtai		45,000	1998
Huli		70,000	1991
Kamano		70,000	1994
Kewa, East		35,000	1997
Kewa, West		35,000	1997
Kuman		80,000	1994
Melpa		130,000	1991
Motu, Hiri		few L1		120,000	official
Sinasina		50,000	1981
Tok Pisin		50,000	1982	2 million	national
Wahgi		39,000	1991
Wahgi, North		47,000	1999