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Penrhyn language information


Penrhyn
Mangarongaro, Penrhynese, Tongareva
tongareva
Native toCook Islands
RegionPenrhyn Island, Northern Cook Islands
Native speakers
200 (2011 census)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Polynesian
        • Eastern Polynesian
          • Tahitic
            • Penrhyn
Language codes
ISO 639-3pnh
Glottologpenr1237
ELPPenrhyn
Penrhyn is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Penrhyn language is a Cook Islands Maori dialectal variant[2] belonging to the Polynesian language family. It is spoken by about 200 people on Penrhyn Island and other islands in the Northern Cook Islands.[3] It is considered to be an endangered language as many of its users are shifting to Cook Islands Māori and English.

  1. ^ Penrhyn at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Te Reo Maori Act 2003 – via www.paclii.org
  3. ^ "Penrhyn". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

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