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Rapa Nui (Vānanga Rapa Nui)
Native to: Chile
Region: Easter Island
Ethnicity: Rapa Nui
Native speakers: 1,000 (2016)
Language family: Austronesian

is an Eastern Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken on the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island.
The island is home to a population of just under 6,000 and is a special territory of Chile. According to census data, there are about 3,700 people on the island and on the Chilean mainland who identify as ethnically Rapa Nui. Census data does not exist on the primary known and spoken languages among these people. In 2008, the number of fluent speakers was reported as low as 800. Rapa Nui is a minority language and many of its adult speakers also speak Spanish. Most Rapa Nui children now grow up speaking Spanish and those who do learn Rapa Nui begin learning it later in life.

LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapa_Nui_language
https://www.easterisland.travel/easter-island-facts-and-info/rapa-nui-language/learn/
https://imaginaisladepascua.com/en/rapa-nui-culture/rapa-nui-language/
http://www.logos.it/corso_rp/indice.html
http://www.bible.is/

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