Native to French Polynesia Native speakers 600 (2011 census) | Ethnicity 1,340 (2011 census?) ISO 639-3 mrv | |
Region Gambier Islands, Mangareva Island Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Polynesian
Eastern Polynesian
Marquesic
Mangareva | ||
Mangareva (or Mangarevan) is a Polynesian language spoken in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia by about 600 people on the islands of Gambier and Mangareva. Speakers also have some bilingualism in Tahitian, in which there is a 60% lexical similarity, and usually with French as well. It is a member of the Marquesic subgroup, and as such is closely related to Hawaiian and to the languages of the Marquesas Islands.
References
Mangareva language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA