Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Cook Island, Cook Islands Maori, Maori, Kuki Airani, Rarotongan-Mangaian, Rarotonga
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Polynesian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		rar
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Atiu Mangaia Mauke Rarotonga Mitiaro Aitutaki
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Compare Sources (4)

Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
33,220
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
7,300 in Cook Islands (2008). Population total all countries: 33,220

PLACES: Cook Islands; New Zealand; French Polynesia;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000-99,999
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speakers were reported as totaling 43,000 one to two decades ago

MORE ON VITALITY

Language use and speaker numbers are rapidly decreasing, especially in the diaspora.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

English is the preferred language of members of the young generation.

More on Orthography

Wide literacy

PLACES: Cook Islands, New Zealand

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: More than half the speakers live in New Zealand

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
43,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
42,669
Native speakers worldwide

		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	43,000	10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				-21.2343,-159.7837
070071197X	3	1	2007	Australia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	424-557		Routledge	Abingdon		Stephen A Wurm	Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub		10000-99999	Speakers were reported as totaling 43,000 one to two decades ago	English	English is the preferred language of members of the young generation.	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Language use and speaker numbers are rapidly decreasing, especially in the diaspora.	Cook Islands, New Zealand	More than half the speakers live in New Zealand
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		42,669	10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	33,220	10000-99999	7,300 in Cook Islands (2008). Population total all countries: 33,220			Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Cook Islands; New Zealand; French Polynesia;

The Endangered Languages Project

Rarotongan

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

33,220

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000-99,999

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

43,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

42,669

Discussion

Rarotongan

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

33,220

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000-99,999

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

43,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

42,669

Discussion

Suggest information or improvement

Download language data

Sources of information

Compare Sources