Mangaian dialect

E237230

The Mangaian dialect is a regional variety of the Cook Islands Māori language traditionally spoken on the island of Mangaia in the Cook Islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mangaian dialect canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional variety of Cook Islands Māori ⓘ
belongsTo Eastern Polynesian languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Aitutakian dialect of Cook Islands Māori ⓘ
Rarotongan dialect of Cook Islands Māori ⓘ
country Cook Islands ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mangaian people ⓘ
geographicDistribution primarily Mangaia Island ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mangaian Cook Islands Māori ⓘ
linked to: Mangaian Māori

Mangaian Māori ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Polynesian language ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature Polynesian-type verb–subject–object word order (VSO) as a basic pattern ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature phonology typical of Southern Cook Islands Māori ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticSituation coexists with standard Cook Islands Māori ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticTrend shift toward more standardized Cook Islands Māori in formal domains ⓘ
isSubjectOf studies in Polynesian linguistics ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Polynesian languages ⓘ
languageOf Mangaia Island community ⓘ
partOf Cook Islands Māori dialect continuum ⓘ
region Southern Cook Islands ⓘ
sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith Aitutakian dialect ⓘ
Rarotongan dialect ⓘ
linked to: Rarotongan language

other Cook Islands Māori dialects ⓘ
spokenIn Cook Islands ⓘ
Mangaia ⓘ
subdivisionOf Cook Islands Māori language ⓘ
usedFor oral communication ⓘ
songs and chants ⓘ
traditional narratives ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cook Islands Māori language → hasDialects → Mangaian dialect ⓘ
Te Reo Kūki ‘Āirani → hasDialect → Mangaian dialect ⓘ