The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: RRT
ISO 639-2: rar
| Population | 16,800 in Cook Islands, possibly including second language speakers (1979 Government report). Population total all countries 43,000. |
| Region | 13 inhabited Cook Islands. Also spoken in French Polynesia, New Zealand. |
| Alternate names | COOK ISLAND, COOK ISLANDS MAORI, MAORI, KUKI AIRANI, RAROTONGAN-MANGAIAN |
| Dialects | MITIARO, MAUKE, ATIU, MANGAIA, RAROTONGA, AITUTAKI. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic. |
| Comments | 83% lexical similarity with Paumotu, 79% with Hawaiian, 75% with Mangarevan, 73% with Marquesas. Trade language. Prepositions. The government is deciding on the orthography (1987). Fishermen, agriculturalists: arrowroot, coconut, sweet potato, yam, taro, banana, citrus fruit, pineapple, papaya, mango, chestnut. Christian. Bible 1851-1888. |
