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Preferred term

mrvMangareva  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Mangareva, also known as the Mangarevan language, is a Polynesian language spoken in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia by about 1600 people on the islands of Gambier and Mangareva. Speakers also have some bilingualism in Tahitian, in which there is a 50-68% lexical similarity. It is a member of the Marquesic subgroup, and as such is closely related to Hawaiian and to the languages of the Marquesas Islands.

Entry terms

  • Mangareva language

ISO 639-3 code

  • mrv

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • Mangarévien

    French

  • Mangarevanische Sprache

    German

  • Lenga Mangareva

    Piedmontese

  • Мангареванский язык

    Russian

  • Reo Ma’areva

    Tahitian

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/mrv

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