Rakahanga-Manihiki language (rkh)

Also Known As: Rakahanga-Manihiki Language,Manihiki-rakahanga,Rakahanga-Manihiki Description:   Rakahanga-Manihiki is a Cook Islands Maori dialectal variant belonging to the Polynesian languages family, spoken by about 2500 people on Rakahanga and Manihiki Islands (part of the Cook Islands) and another 2500 in other countries, mostly New Zealand and Australia. Wurm and Hattori consider Rakahanga Manihiki as a distinct language with "limited intelligibility with Rarotongan" (i.e. the Cook Islands Maori dialectal variant of Rarotonga). According to the New Zealand Maori anthropologist Te Rangi Hīroa who spent few days on Rakahanga in the years 1920, "the language is a pleasing dialect and has closer affinities with Maori than with the dialects of Tongareva, Tahiti, and the Cook Islands"..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Rakahanga-Manihiki language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/rkh/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Cook Islands Spoken In: Regions: Oceania ISO 639-3 Code: rkh Classification Taxonomy 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                         Rakahanga-Manihiki language