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. It is the language spoken on the Island of Pukapuka located in the northern section of the Cook Islands.

Word List(s)
Māori Days of the week and Months in Māori
 * Useful Phrases 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



Pukapukan

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Māori
 * Māori Language Alphabet and Pronunciation
 * Māori Language 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

Pukapukan
 * Pukapukan Language Alphabet and Pronunciation
 * Pukapukan Language Alphabet and Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Māori
 * Māori Dictionary
 * English-Māori Dictionary
 * Cook Islands Languages Dictionary

Pukapukan
 * English-Pukapuka Dictionary

Additional Resources

 * East Polynesian Borrowings in Pukapukan