Niuatoputapu was the indigenous language of
Niuatoputapu,
Tonga. It was more closely related to
Samoan than to
Tongan. Sometime in the 18th or 19th century, it became extinct and its use was replaced by Tongan. Practically all knowledge of the Niuatoputapu language comes from a word list compiled by
Jacob Le Maire in 1616.[1]