Rarotongan (Māori Kūki 'Āirani/reo ipukarea)

Rarotongan or Rarotongan Maori is an Polynesian language spoken on the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. It's closely related to Taihitian and Maori.

Some sources classify Rarotongan as a dialect of Cook Islands Maori (Māori Kūki 'Āirani). Other Cook Islands Maori dialects are Rakahanga-Manihiki; Tongareva dialect (Penrhyn); Ngaputoru dialects of Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke; Aitutaki; and Mangaia.

Rarotongan alphabet

Rarotongan alphabet

Sample text in Rarotongan

Kua anau rangatira ia te tangata katoatoa ma te aiteite i te au tikaanga e te tu ngateitei tiratiratu. Kua ki ia ratou e te mero kimi ravenga e te akavangakau e kia akono tetai i tetai, i roto i te vaerua piri anga taeake.

A recording of this text by Tamati Taylor

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Link

Information about the Rarotongan Language
http://www.biroz.net/otherpages/tahiti/raro.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rarotongan_language

Austronesian languages

Anutan, Balinese, Batak, Bikol, Bugis, Buhid, Cebuano, Cham, Chamorro, Cia-Cia, Dawan, Drehu, Fijian, Filipino, Hanuno'o, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Indonesian, Javanese, Kadazandusun, Kapampangan, Kiribati, Makasar, Malagasy, Malay, Mandar, Maori, Marshallese, Moriori, Pangasinan, Raga, Rarotongan, Re(d)jang, Rotuman, Sakao, Samoan, Sundanese, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tahitian, Tausūg, Tetum, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan, Waray-Waray, Yapese

Other languages written with the Latin alphabet

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