Rarotongan is a Polynesian language of the Cook Islands. It is distinct from, yet closely related to, New Zealand Māori. Cook Islanders also call it Te reo Ipukarea, “the language of the Ancestral Homeland”.
Rarotongan
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Classification
Austronesian > Polynesian
Script
Roman
Text direction
Left-to-right
Speakers
13,620
Other names
Cook Islands Māori, Māori, Māori Kūki 'Āirani
Official language
Cook Islands
Interesting Fact
Rarotongan has two categories of possessives, “a” and “o”. “A”, is used for referring to, amongst many other things, animals and pets, but excluding horses. If you want to refer to a horse specifically, you’ve got to use “o”!
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