Penrhyn language

Penrhyn
Mangarongaro, Penrhynese, Tongareva
Native to Cook Islands
Region Penrhyn Island, Northern Cook Islands
Native speakers
 200 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pnh
Glottolog penr1237[2]

The Penrhyn language is a Polynesian language spoken by about 200 people on Penrhyn Island and other islands in Northern Cook Islands.[3] It is considered to be an endangered language as many of its users are shifting to Rarotongan and English.

References

  1. ↑ Penrhyn at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Penrhyn". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ "Penrhyn". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 March 2013.


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