Rapa Nui language
E11001
The Rapa Nui language is a Polynesian language spoken by the indigenous people of Easter Island, known for its close relation to other Eastern Polynesian languages and its role in preserving the island’s unique cultural heritage.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Polynesian language
→
Polynesian language → natural language → |
| alternativeName |
Rapanui
→
Vananga Rapa Nui → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Hawaiian language
→
Mangarevan language → Marquesan languages → Māori language → Tahitian language → |
| country |
Chile
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|
| culturalRole |
expression of Rapa Nui identity
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preservation of Rapa Nui cultural heritage → transmission of traditional knowledge → |
| ethnicGroup |
Rapa Nui people
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| hasConsonantPhonemes |
small set typical of Polynesian languages
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| hasFeature |
VSO basic word order
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glottal stop phoneme → limited consonant inventory → phonemic vowel length → reduplication → |
| hasGrammarType |
analytic language
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| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Spanish language
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| hasMorphology |
primarily suffixing and reduplicative morphology
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| hasPhonologicalSystem |
five-vowel system
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| influencedBy |
Spanish language
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|
| ISO639-1Code |
none
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| ISO639-2Code |
rap
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|
| ISO639-3Code |
rap
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| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
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Malayo-Polynesian languages → Oceanic languages → Polynesian languages → |
| numberOfSpeakersEstimate |
between 3000 and 6000 speakers
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|
| officialStatus |
recognized indigenous language of Chile
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|
| region |
Eastern Polynesia
→
Polynesia → |
| spokenBy |
bilingual speakers of Rapa Nui and Spanish
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| spokenIn |
Chile
→
Easter Island → |
| status |
endangered language
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| subgroupOf |
Eastern Polynesian languages
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|
| usedFor |
local media
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oral tradition → primary education (bilingual programs) → songs → traditional chants → |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
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