Rarotongan Language (rar) - Revision history

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Also Known As: Cook Island,Cook Islands Maori,Maori,Rarotongan-mangaian...
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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Cook Island,Cook Islands Maori,Maori,Rarotongan-mangaian,Kuki Airani,Rarotongan

<b>Description:</b>

The Cook Islands Maori language, also called Māori Kūki 'Āirani or Rarotongan, is the official language of the Cook Islands. Most Cook Islanders also call it Te reo Ipukarea, literally "the language of the Ancestral Homeland".
Cook Islands Maori became an official language of the Cook Islands in 2003 . According to Te Reo Maori Act, Maori:
These dialects of the Cook Islands Maori are :
It is closely related to Tahitian and New Zealand Māori, and there is a degree of mutual intelligibility with these two languages.
The language is regulated by the kopapa reo created in 2003.
The Pukapukan language is considered by scholars as a distinct language closely related with Samoan and the language spoken on the three atolls of Tokelau.
There is a debate about the standardization of the writing system. Although the usage of the macron (־) te makaroni, and the glottal (') (/ʔ/) is recommended, most speakers do not use these two diacritics in everyday writing.
As with most South Pacific languages, classical descriptions are generally based on the system used for Indo-European languages, especially concerning grammatical classes. Today linguists try to avoid it, considering it a form of<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1907779 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Rarotongan Language Speakers</h2>
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<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_rar_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_rar_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/cook_islands Cook Islands]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/oceania Oceania]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>rar</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[Central-Eastern Group]]

  [[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Group]]

    [[Oceanic Group]]

      [[Central-Eastern Oceanic Group]]

        [[Remote Oceanic Group]]

          [[Central Pacific Group]]

            [[East Fijian-Polynesian Group]]

              [[Polynesian Group]]

                [[Nuclear Polynesian Group]]

                  [[East Nuclear Group]]

                    [[Central East Group]]

                      [[Tahitic Group]]

                        <b>[[Rarotongan Language]]</b>

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