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Native Speakers Worldwide

~2,000

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Language Information By Source

Linguistic purism in Rapa Nui political discourse
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~2,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

The entire community speaks Spanish

More about speakers

Estimate is approximate. Although the ethnic population is around three thousand, Makihara observes that most children and teenagers are not fluent speakers of Rapa Nui. This is the result of the domination of Spanish on the Island.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Speakers' attitudes

Speaker attitudes have become very positive in the past 20-30 years, with a growing interest in language maintenance.

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Other languages used

Spanish

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,500

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-27.108,-109.3579

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,400-2,500

Domains of Use

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Non-monolingual speakers

all

More about speakers

2,200 on Easter Island

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Easter Island, Chile

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Other languages used

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Year of info

1960

Location and Context

Countries

Isla de Pascua

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,390

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

3,500

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

3,390 in Chile (2000). 2,200 on Easter Island; 200 to 300 on Chile mainland, Tahiti, and USA. Ethnic population: 3,500. 2,400 in Chile (Wurm 2007). Population total all countries: 2,700 (2013).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Chile; French Polynesia;

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-27.1166666667,-109.366666667

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,392

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Speaker Number Trends

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