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The Cook Islands Māori language, also called Māori Kūki 'Āirani or Rarotongan, is the official language of the Cook Islands. Most Cook Islanders also call it ''Te reo Ipukarea'', literally "the language of the Ancestral Homeland". ==History== Cook Islands Māori became an official language of the Cook Islands in 2003.〔Since 1915, English had been the only official language of the Cook Islands〕 According to Te Reo Maori Act, Māori: * ''(a) means the Māori language (including its various dialects) as spoken or written in any island of the Cook Islands; and'' * ''(b) Is deemed to include Pukapukan as spoken or written in Pukapuka; and'' * ''(c) Includes Māori that conforms to the national standard for Māori approved by Kopapa Reo;'' (see external links). These dialects〔In a sense of mutual intelligibility〕 of the Cook Islands Māori are : * Rakahanga-Manihiki dialect; * Penrhyn dialect (Tongarevan);〔Tongarevan is sometimes also considered as a distinct language.〕 * the Ngaputoru dialects of Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke; * Aitutaki dialect; * Rarotongan dialect; and * Mangaia dialect. It is closely related to Tahitian and New Zealand Māori, and there is a degree of mutual intelligibility with these two languages. The language is regulated by the ''kopapa reo'' created in 2003. The Pukapukan language is considered by scholars as a distinct language closely related with Sāmoan and the language spoken on the three atolls of Tokelau. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cook Islands Māori」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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