Rarotongan language

E159293
Cook Islands Māori dialect Eastern Polynesian language Polynesian language natural language

The Rarotongan language is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken primarily on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and often considered the prestige dialect of Cook Islands Māori.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Rarotongan dialect 3
Rarotongan language canonical 2
Te Reo Rarotonga 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cook Islands Māori dialect ⓘ
Eastern Polynesian language ⓘ
Polynesian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hawaiian language ⓘ
Te Reo Māori ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand Māori language

Rapa Nui language ⓘ
Tahitian language ⓘ
Tuamotuan language ⓘ
country Cook Islands ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Rarotongan language ⓘ
surface form: Rarotonga Māori

Rarotongan language ⓘ
surface form: Rarotongan Māori

Rarotongan language ⓘ
surface form: Te Reo Rarotonga
hasBasicWordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
hasDialects Rarotongan dialect ⓘ
hasGlottologCode raro1241 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Rarotongan ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code rar ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 39-CAO-aa ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType analytic ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature simple vowel system with short and long vowels ⓘ
small consonant inventory typical of Polynesian languages ⓘ
hasStandardFormBasedOn speech of Avarua area of Rarotonga ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
isDialectOf Cook Islands Māori language ⓘ
surface form: Cook Islands Māori
isOfficialOrRecognizedIn Cook Islands ⓘ
isPrestigeDialectOf Cook Islands Māori language ⓘ
surface form: Cook Islands Māori
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian

Eastern Polynesian subgroup ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Polynesian

Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic ⓘ
Polynesian ⓘ
partOf Cook Islands cultural identity ⓘ
primaryIsland Rarotonga ⓘ
region Polynesia ⓘ
spokenIn Cook Islands ⓘ
Rarotonga ⓘ
South Pacific ⓘ
subclassOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
Cook Islands Māori language ⓘ
Polynesian languages ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in the Cook Islands ⓘ
usedIn Cook Islands Christian Church services ⓘ
Cook Islands education system (to varying degrees) ⓘ
local radio broadcasting in the Cook Islands ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polynesian languages → hasMember → Rarotongan language ⓘ
Cook Islands Māori language → closelyRelatedTo → Rarotongan language ⓘ
Rarotongan language → hasAlternativeName → Rarotongan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Te Reo Rarotonga
Rarotongan language → hasAlternativeName → Rarotongan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rarotongan Māori
Rarotongan language → hasAlternativeName → Rarotongan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rarotonga Māori
Mangaian dialect → sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith → Rarotongan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rarotongan dialect
Aitutaki dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Rarotongan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rarotongan dialect
Mitiaro dialect → hasRelatedDialect → Rarotongan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rarotongan dialect
Rarotongan → hasAlternativeName → Rarotongan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Te Reo Rarotonga