Mangarevan language

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Mangarevan
Rero Magareva
Spoken in: French Polynesia 
Region: Mangareva (Gambier Islands)
Total speakers: ~1,000
Language family: Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Central Eastern
   Eastern
    Oceanic
     Central-Eastern
      Remote Oceanic
       Central Pacific
        East Fijian-Polynesian
         Polynesian
          Nuclear Polynesian
           Eastern
            Central Eastern
             Marquesic
              Mangarevan
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: map
ISO/FDIS 639-3: mrv

Mangarevan is the East Central Polynesian language spoken in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia. It is a member of the Marquesic subgroup, and as such is closely related to Hawaiian and to the languages of the Marquesas Islands.


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