Rapa Nui language

Rapa Nui
Vānaŋa Rapa Nui
Pronunciation	[ˈɾapa ˈnu.i]
Native to	Chile
Region	Easter Island
Ethnicity	Rapa Nui
Native speakers	1,000[1] (2016)[2]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Polynesian Eastern Polynesian Rapa Nui
Writing system	Latin script, possibly formerly rongorongo
Official status
Official language in	Easter Island (Chile)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	rap
ISO 639-3	rap
Glottolog	rapa1244
ELP	Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Rapa Nui or Rapanui (English: /ˌræpəˈnuːi/,^[3] Rapa Nui: [ˈɾapa ˈnu.i], Spanish: [ˈrapa ˈnu.i]), also known as Pascuan (/ˈpæskjuən/) or Pascuense, is an Eastern Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken on Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui.

The island is home to a population of just under 6,000 and is a special territory of Chile. According to census data,^[4] there are 9,399 people (on both the island and 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.^[5] 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.^[6]