Rarotongan
E250508
Rarotongan is a Polynesian language spoken primarily in the Cook Islands, where it serves as one of the main indigenous languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rarotongan canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Polynesian language
ⓘ
Polynesian language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Hawaiian
ⓘ
New Zealand Māori ⓘ Tahitian ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cook Islands Māori language
ⓘ
surface form:
Cook Islands Māori
Te Reo Kūki ‘Āirani ⓘ Rarotongan language ⓘ
surface form:
Te Reo Rarotonga
|
| hasBasicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| hasDialects | varieties spoken on different Cook Islands ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | cuki1237 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Rarotongan self-link ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCode | rar ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
English
ⓘ
Tahitians and other Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | predominantly analytic ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicFeature | use of macrons or doubling to mark long vowels in some orthographies ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinction between short and long vowels
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory typical of Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryBody | language planning and cultural institutions of the Cook Islands ⓘ |
| hasScriptType | alphabetic script ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety | Rarotonga island variety ⓘ |
| influencedBy | English (through contact) ⓘ |
| isIndigenousLanguageOf | Cook Islands ⓘ |
| ISO639-1Code | none ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | rar ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | rar ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | schools in the Cook Islands ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| officialStatusIn | Cook Islands ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Cook Islands ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Cook Islands ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Eastern Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Cook Islanders
ⓘ
surface form:
Cook Islands Māori people
|
| usedFor |
daily communication in the Cook Islands
ⓘ
education (to a limited extent) ⓘ media and broadcasting in the Cook Islands ⓘ religious activities ⓘ |
| usedInDiasporaCommunities |
Australia
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.