Mangaian dialect

E237230

The Mangaian dialect is a regional variety of the Cook Islands Māori language traditionally spoken on the island of Mangaia in the Cook Islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mangaian dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of Cook Islands Māori
belongsTo Polynesian languages
surface form: Eastern Polynesian languages
closelyRelatedTo Aitutakian dialect of Cook Islands Māori
Rarotongan dialect of Cook Islands Māori
country Cook Islands
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Mangaian people
geographicDistribution primarily Mangaia Island
hasAlternativeName Mangaian Māori
surface form: Mangaian Cook Islands Māori

Mangaian Māori
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
surface form: Proto-Austronesian language

Proto-Polynesian language
hasGrammaticalFeature Polynesian-type verb–subject–object word order (VSO) as a basic pattern
hasPhonologicalFeature phonology typical of Southern Cook Islands Māori
hasSociolinguisticSituation coexists with standard Cook Islands Māori
hasSociolinguisticTrend shift toward more standardized Cook Islands Māori in formal domains
isSubjectOf studies in Polynesian linguistics
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Polynesian languages
languageOf Mangaia Island community
partOf Cook Islands Māori language
surface form: Cook Islands Māori dialect continuum
region Southern Cook Islands
sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith Aitutakian dialect
Rarotongan language
surface form: Rarotongan dialect

other Cook Islands Māori dialects
spokenIn Cook Islands
Mangaia
subdivisionOf Cook Islands Māori language
usedFor oral communication
songs and chants
traditional narratives
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Cook Islands Māori language hasDialects Mangaian dialect