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Mangareva language information


Mangareva
te reo magareva
Native toFrench Polynesia
RegionGambier Islands, Mangareva Island
Ethnicity1,340 (2011 census?)[1]
Native speakers
600 (2011 census)[2]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Polynesian
        • Eastern Polynesian
          • Marquesic
            • Mangareva
Language codes
ISO 639-3mrv
Glottologmang1401
ELPMangareva
Mangareva is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Mangareva, Mangarevan (autonym te reo magareva, IPA: [te re.o ma.ŋa.re.va]; in French mangarévien) is a Polynesian language spoken by about 600 people in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia (especially the largest island Mangareva) and by Mangarevians emigrants on the islands of Tahiti and Moorea, located 1,650 kilometres (1,030 mi) to the North-West of the Gambier Islands.[3]

  1. ^ Mangareva language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Mangareva at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Mangareva". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-09-24.

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