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Cook Islands Maori
[rar] Widespread. Users: 13,100 in Cook Islands (2011 census), decreasing. 2,035 Aitutaki, 481 Atiu, 573 Mangaia, 307 Mauke, 189 Mitiaro (2011 census). Speaker numbers rapidly decreasing, especially in the diaspora (Wurm 2007). Total users in all countries: 27,200. Status: 6b* (Threatened). Statutory language of national identity (1965, Constitution, Article 35), limited use in higher government domains. Alternate Names: Cook Island, Kuki Airani, Māori Kūki ’Āirani, Maori, Rarotongan. Autonym: Te Reo Maori. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic.
English
[eng] Widespread. Users: 17,680 in Cook Islands, all users. L1 users: 680 in Cook Islands (2011 SIL). L2 users: 17,000 (2012 M. Salisbury). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1965, Constitution, Article 35). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Penrhyn
[pnh] Penrhyn. Users: 200 (2011 census). Status: 7 (Shifting). Alternate Names: Penrhynese. Autonym: Mangarongaro, Tongareva. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic.
Pukapuka
[pkp] Nassau, Pukapuka, and Rarotonga. Users: 700 in Cook Islands (2011 census), decreasing. 451 Pukapuka, 73 Nassau Island (Census), plus approximately 200 L1 speakers on Rarotonga (Pue village), less a few non-Pukapukan spouses most of whom speak Pukapuka as L2 (2015 M. Salisbury). Ethnic population: 700 (2011 census). Total users in all countries: 3,100. Status: 6b* (Threatened). Recognized language (2003, Te Reo Maori Act, Articles 2(b) and 4), Te Reo Maori is deemed to include Pukapukan as spoken or written in Pukapuka. Alternate Names: Bukabukan, Pukapukan. Autonym: Te Leo Wale. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Pukapuka.
Rakahanga-Manihiki
[rkh] Manihiki and Rakahanga. Users: 320 in Cook Islands (2011 census). Total users in all countries: 2,820. Status: 7 (Shifting). Alternate Names: Manihiki-Rakahanga. Autonym: Rakahanga-Manihiki. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic.