Cook Islands Maori

Also known as Cook Islands Māori, Rarotongan, rar, Te reo Ipukarea, Māori Kūki ʻĀirani, Maori Kuki Airani

Eastern Polynesian language of the Cook Islands

Key facts

Native to: Cook Islands , New Zealand
Region: Polynesia
Native speakers: 13,620 in Cook Islands, 96% of ethnic population (2011 census) , 7,725 in New Zealand, 12% of ethnic population (2013)
Language family: Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Polynesian Eastern Polynesian Tahitic Cook Islands Māori
Official language in: Cook Islands
Regulated by: Te Kopapa Reo Maori (Maori Language Commission)
Iso 639 2: rar
Iso 639 3: Variously:, rar – Rarotonga, pnh – Tongareva (Penrhyn), rkh – Rakahanga-Manihiki
Glottolog: raro1241 Southern Cook Island Maori, penr1237 Māngarongaro, raka1237 Rakahanga-Manihiki
Elp: Southern Cook Islands Maori
Ietf: rar-CK, mi-CK

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Cook Islands Māori is an Eastern Polynesian language that is an official language of the Cook Islands. It is closely related to, but distinct from, New Zealand Māori. Cook Islands Māori is called just Māori when there is no need to distinguish it from New Zealand Māori. It is also known as Māori Kūki ʻĀirani (or Maori Kuki Airani), or as Rarotongan. Many Cook Islanders also call it Te Reo Ipukarea, which translates as 'the language of the ancestral homeland'.

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