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Rapa Nui

A language of Chile

ISO 639-3: rap

Population	3,390 in Chile (2000). 2,200 on Easter Island; 200 to 300 on Chile mainland, Tahiti, and USA. Ethnic population: 3,500.
Region	Easter Island, 3,800 km from Chile, 4,000 km from Tahiti. Also in French Polynesia, United States.
Language map	Argentina and Chile
Alternate names	Easter Island, Pascuense, Rapanui
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 64% with Hawaiian [haw], Mangareva [mrv], Rarotongan [rar]; 63% with Marquesan [mrq]; 62% with Tahitian [tah], Tuamotuan.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Rapanui
Language use	Also use Spanish.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO. Fishermen; craftsmen.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BUCKINGHAM, Andrew, author. 1985. Review of: The language of Easter Island: its development and Eastern Polynesian relationships, by Robert Langdon and Darrell Tryon.

EDMUNDS PAOA, Francisco; HAOA CARDINALI, M. Virginia; HEY PAOA, Catalina; THIESEN A. DE WEBER, Nancy; TUKI PAKARATI, M. Candelaria Hilaria; WEBER CH., Roberto, authors. 1993. Programas para la enseñanza de la lengua rapa nui.

PHELPS, Conrad, author. 1985. First writers workshop on Easter Island.

WEBER, Nancy L., author. 1988. Case marking in Rapa Nui, the Polynesian language of Easter Island.

WEBER, Nancy L., author. 2003. Marca de caso en Rapa Nui, lengua polinésica de Isla de Pascua.

WEBER, Nancy L.; WEBER, Robert L., authors. 1982. "Apuntes sobre la fonología de la lengua rapa nui de Isla de Pascua."

WEBER, Nancy L.; WEBER, Robert L., authors. 1985. Hacia el establecimiento de un sistema escrito para el rapa nui, lengua de la Isla de Pascua.

WEBER, Nancy L.; WEBER, Robert L., authors. 1990. "¿Podrá sobrevivir el idioma rapa nui?."

WEBER, Nancy L.; WEBER, Robert L., authors. 1995. "Rapa Nui."

WEBER, Robert L., author. 1988. "Procesos fonológicos en la adquisición ‘naturalista’ del español por los rapa nui de la Isla de Pascua."

WEBER, Robert L., author. 1988. The verbal morphology of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian language of Easter Island, and its function in narrative discourse.

WEBER, Robert L., author. 2003. Morfología verbal del Rapa Nui, lengua polinésica de Isla de Pascua, y su función en la narración.

Vernacular Publications

A Eva he oho ki hiva ki toꞌona hāpī. 1984.

ꞌAꞌamu g̈a poki riki-riki. 1984.

ꞌAꞌamu o Rapa Nui. 1986.

E rua g̈a poki o Rapa Nui. 1985.

He ꞌaꞌamu e toru o Kahu-kahu o Hera. 1984.

He ꞌaꞌamu o te poki e tahi ko Taurama, toꞌona ig̈oa. 1984.

He ꞌaꞌamu o te poreko hag̈a o Puakiva. 1984.

He himene o te hag̈a rahi. 1984.

He matavai o nua. 1984.

He oromatuꞌa ko Sebastián Englert. 1985.

He puhia ꞌi rug̈a i te vaka. 1984.

He via he ag̈a o Eugenio Eyraud. 1984.

He via o te Tupahotu. 1985.

Koromaki o Tahog̈a. 1985.

Mai ki hāpī tātou i te taiʼo ʼe i te papaʼi i to tātou ʼarero Rapa Nui, te hā puka 4. 1990.

Mai ki hāpī tātou i te taiʼo ʼe i te papaʼi i to tātou ʼarero Rapa Nui, te ono puka 6. 1990.

Mai ki hāpī tātou i te taiʼo ʼe i te papaʼi i to tātou ʼarero rapa nui, te puka raʼe 1/te rua puka 2. 1990.

Mai ki hāpī tātou i te taiʼo ʼe i te papaʼi i to tātou ʼarero Rapa Nui, te rima puka 5. 1990.

Mai ki hāpī tātou i te taiʼo ʼe i te papaʼi i to tātou ʼarero Rapa Nui, te toru puka 3. 1990.

Mai ki hāpī tātou i te taiʼo ʼe i te papaʼi i to tātou ʼarero rapa nui. 1990.

Mai ki hāpī tātou i te taiʼo ʼe i te papaʼi i to tātou ʼarero rapa nui. 1990.

Matahiti hāpī. 1985.

Matu ki oho ki te hare hāpī. 1991.

Mo hāpī i te vanag̈a rapa nui: He puka ra'e 1-4. 1996.

Poki tag̈i. 1984.

Taparahi. 1985.

Tapati rapa nui. 1984.

Tokerau puhi hāpī. 1985.

Ure ꞌa ꞌOhovehi. 1985.