Pukapuka Language

From Testwiki
Revision as of 08:39, 14 July 2009 by Rosbot (talk | contribs) (New page: <table valign=top> <tr> <td valign=top align=left width="50%"> <table valign=top> <tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Pukapukan,Bukabukan,Pukapuka <b>Description:</b> Puka...)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Also Known As: Pukapukan,Bukabukan,Pukapuka


Description:

Pukapukan is a Polynesian language spoken in the Danger Islands (Pukapuka) of the northwest Cook Islands. The language had 750 speakers in the early 1990s.

The name of the language they speak on Pukapuka Island (also known as Danger Island) and Nassau Island is called "wale"...... full article at Wikipedia

Location of Pukapuka Language Speakers

<googlemap zoom="3" width=400 height=300 lat="-21.200000" lon="-159.766700" type="map"> -21.200000, -159.766700, Cook Islands</googlemap>

Overview

Main Country: Cook Islands
Spoken In:

Regions: Oceania

ISO 639-3 Code: pkp

Classification Taxonomy

Malayo-Polynesian Group

  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

                    Samoic-Outlier Group

                      Pukapuka Group

                        Pukapuka Language