Cook Islands Languages

Description
The official languages of the Cook Islands include English and Cook Islands Māori (or "Rarotongan"). Cook Islands Maori and its dialectic variants are closely related to both Tahitian and to New Zealand Māori. The language of Pukapukan is also spoken and is closely related to the Samoan language.

Word List(s)
Days of the week and Months in Māori
 * Table from New Zealand Language Page

Words for family members and other relatives in Māori (Te Reo Māori), a Polynesian language spoken in the Cook Islands and New Zealand



Alphabet and Pronunciation

 * Table from New Zealand Language Page

Diphthongs:  meaning a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another