The Sociolinguistic Situation in the Cook Islands

Main author: Sallabank, Julia
Format: Monographs and Working Papers           
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Summary: This report stems from a brief visit to Rarotonga in April 2013 facilitated by Roderick Dixon, Director of the University of the South Pacific in the Cook Islands. It addresses the following topics: 1. Language maintenance / shift 2. Languages and dialects 3. Expatriate / diaspora members of the speech community 4. Language policy and language in education 5. Dictionaries of Cook Islands Maori 6. Records of Cook Islands Maori: (a) oral, and (b) written 7. Proposals.
Language: English
Published: 2013