Rapa Nui

Eastern Polynesian language spoken on the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island
Language language Q36746
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Rapa Nui

Summary

Rapa Nui is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (992 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rapa Nui is in the country of Chile[3].
  • Rapa Nui's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Rapa Nui's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Rapa Nui is a type of Eastern Polynesian[6].
  • Rapa Nui's writing system is recorded as Rongorongo[7].
  • Rapa Nui's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Rapa Nui is part of languages of Chile[9].
  • Rapa Nui's Commons category is recorded as Rapa Nui language[10].
  • Rapa Nui's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rapa Nui language[11].
  • Rapa Nui's described at URL is recorded as https://abvd.shh.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=264[12].
  • Rapa Nui's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+5000'}[13].
  • Rapa Nui's facet of is recorded as Easter Island[14].
  • Rapa Nui's UNESCO language status is recorded as 4 severely endangered[15].
  • Rapa Nui's indigenous to is recorded as Easter Island[16].
  • Rapa Nui's indigenous to is recorded as Isla de Pascua[17].
  • Rapa Nui's indigenous to is recorded as Rapa Nui people[18].
  • Rapa Nui's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/RAP[19].
  • Rapa Nui's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6b Threatened[20].
  • Rapa Nui's linguistic typology is recorded as verb–subject–object[21].
  • Rapa Nui's linguistic typology is recorded as isolating language[22].

Why It Matters

Rapa Nui ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (992 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of Easter Island
    Country
    Unesco language status 4 severely endangered
    Subclass of Eastern Polynesian
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16031, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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