Penrhyn

PNH

shifting

Alternate Names: Mangarongaro, Penrhynese, Tongareva

Dialects: None known. Almost intelligible with Rarotongan ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
Central Pacific
East Fijian-Polynesian
Polynesian
Nuclear
East
Central
Tahitic

Demographics: 200 (2011 census).

Language Use: Youngest speakers are young adults. Shifting to Rarotongan [rar] and English [eng]. The language is rapidly disappearing (Wurm 2007).

Writing System: Latin