Mangareva

Facts

  • Language: Mangareva
  • Alternate names: Mangarevan
  • Language code: mrv
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Pacific linkage, Tokelau-Fijian, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian, Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Solomons Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Central Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, East Polynesian, Central Eastern Polynesian
  • Number of speakers: 600
  • Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
  • Script:

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    Introduction

    Mangareva is a language of French Polynesia. It is spoken in Gambier Islands, Mangareva island, Rikitea settlement.

    Dialects

    Lexical similarity: 75% with Rarotongan (See: Rarotongan), 73% with Marquesan (See: Marquesan, North), 72% with Tuamotuan (See: Tuamotuan), 50%–68% with Tahitian (See: Tahitian).

    The Mangareva Verb

    Verblist