Mangareva
A language of French Polynesia
| Population | 1,600 (1987). |
| Region | Gambier Islands, Mangareva Island, Rikitea settlement. |
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French Polynesia |
| Alternate names | Mangarevan |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 75% with Rarotongan [rar], 73% with Marquesan [mrq], 72% with Tuamotuan [pmt], 50%–68% with Tahitian [tah]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Marquesic |
| Language use | Some also use Tahitian [tah]; 65% average comprehension of those tested. |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1908. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists: breadfruit, coconut, banana, plantain, sugarcane, taro, sweet potato, yams, arrowroot, turmeric, pandanus; fishermen. Traditional religion. |
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