• Source: Penrhyn language

The Penrhyn language is a Cook Islands Maori dialectal variant belonging to the Polynesian language family. It is spoken by about 200 people on Penrhyn Island and other islands in the Northern Cook Islands. It is considered to be an endangered language as many of its users are shifting to Cook Islands Māori and English.




Phonology






= Alphabet

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The alphabet used in the Penrhyn Dictionary has 21 letters: ⟨a, ā, e, ē, f, h, i, ī, k, m, n, ng, o, ō, p, r, s, t, u, ū, v⟩
Long vowels are written with a macron.




= Consonants

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Tongareva is one of the few Cook Islands languages without a glottal stop [ʔ]. There is allophonic voicing of stops present.




Grammar






References






Further reading


Shibata, Norio, ed. (2003). Penrhyn-English Dictionary. ELPR Publications Series. Vol. A1-005. Kyoto: Nakanishi. OCLC 249683569.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Bahasa Maori Kepulauan Cook
• Penrhyn language
• Cook Islands Māori
• Penryn
• Penrhyn atoll
• Cook Islands
• List of endangered languages of Oceania
• Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
• Penrhyn Castle
• Bethesda, Gwynedd
• Penrhyn Bay