Polynesian languages Polynesian languages The Cook Islands Māori also called Maori Kuki Airani became an official language of the Cook Islands in 2003 (1). According to Te Reo Maori Act, Maori means : ...more on Wikipedia about "Cook Islands Maori"
Hawaiian is the ancestral language of the indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiians, a Polynesian people. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the . The ISO language code for Hawaiian is haw. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hawaiian language"
Mangarevan is the East Central Polynesian language spoken in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia. It is a member of the Marquesic subgroup, and as such is closely related to Hawaiian and to the languages of the Marquesas Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mangarevan language"
Māori (or Maori) is the Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand, where it has official status. It is closely related to Rarotongan (sometimes known as Cook Islands Māori), Tahitian (or Mā'ohi), slightly less closely to Hawaiian and Marquesan, and more distantly to Samoan, Niuean and Tongan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Māori language"
Marquesan is a collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. They are usually classified into two groups, North Marquesan and South Marquesan, roughly along geographic lines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marquesan language"
Marquesic Languages are a small but historically important subgroup of East Central Polynesian languages: ...more on Wikipedia about "Marquesic languages"
Moriori is a Malayo-Polynesian language most closely related to Maori. It is the native language of the Moriori, the indigenous peoples of the Chatham Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Moriori language" Things Go Better with www.shortopedia.com.
North Marquesan is the Marquesic, East Central Polynesian language spoken in the northern Marquesas Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "North Marquesan language"
The Pileni language is spoken in some of the Reef Islands as well as in the Duff Islands, in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. It is named for Pileni, one of the Reef Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pileni language"
Proto-Polynesian is the hypothetical proto-language, from which all modern Polynesian languages descend. ...more on Wikipedia about "Proto-Polynesian language"
Puka-Pukan is the Marquesic language of Puka-Puka and the Disappointment Islands of French Polynesia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Puka-Pukan language"
Pukapakan is the Samoic Polynesian language spoken in the Danger Islands ( Pukapuka) of the northwest Cook Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pukapukan language"
The Rapa Nui language (also Rapanui) is the Eastern Polynesian language of Easter Island, forming its own subgroup of that classification. Within this group, it shares the most in common with Marquesan morphologically, although its phonology is much closer to that of New Zealand Maori. It is spoken by the Rapa Nui, the inhabitants of Easter Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rapa Nui language"
Rapan is the language of Rapa, in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia. It is classified as an East Central Polynesian language, along with the Marquesic and Tahitic languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rapan language"
The Sāmoan or Samoan language is the traditional language of Samoa and American Samoa and is an official language in both territories. It is a member of the Austronesian family, and more specifically Samoic branch of the Polynesian sub-phylum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Samoan language"
The Samoic languages are one of the primary classes of Polynesian languages, encompassing the Polynesian languages of Samoa, Tuvalu, American Samoa, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, as well as a number of languages, spoken in parts of Tonga, the Cook Islands, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and the Federated States of Micronesia. Specifically, the Samoic Languages are classified as "Samoic-Outlier", in recognition of the fact that Sāmoan is the most significant, and that the majority of the Polynesian languages spoken in scattered island communities in Melanesia and Micronesia (called outliers) are members of this same family. This group is often called "Nuclear Polynesian". ...more on Wikipedia about "Samoic languages"
South Marquesan is the Marquesic, East Central Polynesian language spoken in the southern Marquesas Islands, as well as on Ua Huka in the northern Marquesas. ...more on Wikipedia about "South Marquesan language"
The Tahitic languages are a group of Eastern Polynesian languages in the Central Eastern branch. (The other members of Central Eastern are Rapan, spoken on Rapa Island, and the Marquesic languages). ...more on Wikipedia about "Tahitic languages"
Tokelauan is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,700 people on the atolls of Tokelau. It is a member of the Samoic family of Polynesian languages. It is, alongside English, the official language of Tokelau. In addition to the population of Tokelau, it is spoken by approximately 2,900 Tokelauan expatriates in New Zealand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tokelauan language"
Tongan (faka-Tonga) is an Austronesian language spoken in Tonga. It has 100,000 speakers and is a national language of Tonga. It is a VSO (Verb-Subject-Object) language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tongan language"
The family of Tongic languages is a subgroup of the Polynesian languages. It consists of the two languages Tongan and Niuean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tongic languages" Inform your friends about shortopedia
Tuvaluan is a Nuclear Polynesian language of the Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu. It has common words with other Polynesian languages; for instance te Atua means "God" in both Tuvaluan and Maori. There are about 11000 Tuvaluan speakers worldwide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tuvaluan language"
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