ISO 639-3 · pnhpnh
Austronesian family
Penrhyn
Penrhyn is a language of the Tahitic branch (Austronesian), spoken in Cook Islands. Wikidata counts about 1,500 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pnh- Glottocode
penr1237- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
11levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Penrhyn |
|---|---|
| Also called | Penrhyn language, Penrhynese, Tongareva language, pnh, Mangarongaro |
| All speakers | 1,500 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Penrhyn
The branches above Penrhyn, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch634Nuclear Malayo-Polynesianbranch579Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch470Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch438Oceanicbranch220Central–Eastern Oceanicbranch44Central Pacificbranch38Polynesianbranch36Nuclear Polynesianbranch9TahiticbranchpnhPenrhynlanguage
where it is spoken