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Cook Islands Māori

Cook Islands Māori is an Eastern Polynesian language that is the official language of the Cook Islands. Cook Islands Māori is closely related to New Zealand Māori, but is a distinct language in its own right. Cook Islands Māori is simply called Māori when there is no need to disambiguate it from New Zealand Māori, but it is also known as Māori Kūki ʻĀirani (or Maori Kuki Airani) or, controversially,[3] Rarotongan. Many Cook Islanders also call it Te reo Ipukarea, literally "the language of the Ancestral Homeland".

This article is about the language. For the people of the Cook Islands, the majority of whom are Cook Islands Māori, see Cook Islanders.

Cook Islands Māori

13,620 in Cook Islands, 96% of ethnic population (2011 census)[1]
7,725 in New Zealand, 12% of ethnic population (2013)[2]

Kopapa Reo

Variously:
rar – Rarotonga
pnh – Tongareva (Penrhyn)
rkh – Rakahanga-Manihiki

raro1241  Southern Cook Island Maori
penr1237  Māngarongaro
raka1237  Rakahanga-Manihiki

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mi-CK

Rakahanga-Manihiki

(Tongarevan or Mangarongaro);[6]

Penrhyn

Southern: Rarotongan, Ngā Pū Toru (the dialects of , Mitiʻāro and Maʻuke), Aitutaki, Mangaia.

Ātiu

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Pia : Polynesian arrowroot

Tanu : to plant, cultivate land

ʻangaʻanga : work, job

Pōpongi : morning

Tātāpaka : a kind of breadfruit pudding

ʻura : dance, to dance

ʻīmene : to sing, song

Riri : be angry with (ki)

Tārekareka : entertain, amuse, match, game, play game