Mitiaro dialect

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

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Label Occurrences
Mitiaro dialect canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of a language
country Cook Islands
endangeredStatus potentially endangered
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
surface form: Proto-Austronesian language

Proto-Polynesian language
hasEthnicGroup Mitiaro islanders
hasNumberOfSpeakers small population of Mitiaro
hasPhonologicalFeature features typical of Southern Cook Islands Māori
hasRelatedDialect Atiu dialect
Mangaia dialect
Mauke dialect
Rarotongan language
surface form: Rarotongan dialect
hasStatus minority language variety
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Polynesian languages
locatedInTimeZone UTC-10:00
partOf Cook Islands Māori language
surface form: Cook Islands Māori dialect continuum
region Southern Cook Islands
sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith Atiu dialect
Mangaia dialect
Mauke dialect
Rarotongan dialect
spokenIn Cook Islands
Mitiaro
subdivisionOf Cook Islands Māori language
usedFor everyday communication on Mitiaro
local cultural practices on Mitiaro
oral tradition on Mitiaro
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Cook Islands Māori language hasDialects Mitiaro dialect