Penrhyn language
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The Penrhyn language is a Cook Islands Maori dialectal variant[1] belonging to the Polynesian language family. It is spoken by about 200 people on Penrhyn Island and other islands in the Northern Cook Islands.[2] It is considered to be an endangered language as many of its users are shifting to Cook Islands Māori and English.
Phonology
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Alphabet
The alphabet used in the Penrhyn Dictionary has 21 letters: Template:Grapheme[3]
Long vowels are written with a macron.
Consonants
Tongareva is one of the few Cook Islands languages without a glottal stop Template:IPAblink. There is allophonic voicing of stops present.[3]
Grammar
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References
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Further reading
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