Cook Islands Māori language

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Austronesian language Eastern Polynesian language Oceanic language Polynesian language

Cook Islands Māori is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken primarily in the Cook Islands and closely related to New Zealand Māori and other Polynesian languages.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language → Eastern Polynesian language → Oceanic language → Polynesian language →
closelyRelatedTo	Hawaiian language → Marquesan languages → Māori language → New Zealand Māori language → Rapa Nui language → Rarotongan language → Tahitian language →
hasAlternativeName	Cook Islands Māori → Rarotongan → Te reo Māori Kuki Airani →
hasDialects	Aitutaki dialect → Atiu dialect → Mangaian dialect → Mauke dialect → Mitiaro dialect → Penrhyn dialect → Rarotongan dialect →
hasGlottocode	cook1243 →
hasISO639-1Code	mi →
hasISO639-2Code	rar →
hasISO639-3Code	rar →
hasLinguisticAncestor	Proto-Oceanic language → Proto-Polynesian language →
hasOfficialStatusIn	Cook Islands →
hasRegulatoryBody	Kōrero Māori language authorities of Cook Islands (various governmental and cultural bodies) →
hasScriptDirection	left-to-right →
hasWritingSystem	Latin script →
languageFamily	Austronesian languages → Eastern Polynesian languages → Malayo-Polynesian languages → Oceanic languages → Polynesian languages →
primaryLanguageOf	Cook Islands →
region	Polynesia → South Pacific →
spokenIn	Cook Islands →
typologicalFeature	VSO word order (verb–subject–object) → phonemic vowel length → use of macrons in orthography to mark long vowels →
usedBy	Cook Islands Māori people →
usedIn	Cook Islands culture → education in the Cook Islands → media in the Cook Islands →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cook Islands Māori language ("Cook Islands Māori") → Cook Islands Māori language ("Te reo Māori Kuki Airani") →	hasAlternativeName
Mangarevan language group ("Rarotongan language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Cook Islands Māori New Zealanders ("Cook Islands Māori") →	ethnicOrigin
Polynesians →	hasLanguage
Polynesians ("Cook Islands Māori") →	hasSubgroup
Cook Islands Māori New Zealanders →	language
Pacific peoples →	languageCommunity
Cook Islands ("Cook Islands Māori") →	officialLanguage