Could that be Ainu? I think I caught a couple Japanese loanwords in there.
It’s Polynesian, from one of the eastern branches of the family, I think. Possibly a language spoken in the Cook Islands or French Polynesia. Tongareva, Rakahanga are some of the possibilities in the former archipelago …
At around 00:16 I think I hear “i te enua o Tongareva” (in/to the island of Tongareva). The island is mentioned again at 00:27. So I reckon the language is either Tongareva (= Penrhyn) or one spoken close by in that part of the Pacific.
I can confirm that this language is Tongareva, spoken on Tongareva Island in the northern Cooks. The recording is available on YouTube.
The language is indeed Penrhyn (reo tongareva), an Eastern Polynesian language spoken on Penrhyn atoll in the Northern Cook Islands.
Could that be Ainu? I think I caught a couple Japanese loanwords in there.
It’s Polynesian, from one of the eastern branches of the family, I think. Possibly a language spoken in the Cook Islands or French Polynesia. Tongareva, Rakahanga are some of the possibilities in the former archipelago …
At around 00:16 I think I hear “i te enua o Tongareva” (in/to the island of Tongareva). The island is mentioned again at 00:27. So I reckon the language is either Tongareva (= Penrhyn) or one spoken close by in that part of the Pacific.
I can confirm that this language is Tongareva, spoken on Tongareva Island in the northern Cooks. The recording is available on YouTube.
The language is indeed Penrhyn (reo tongareva), an Eastern Polynesian language spoken on Penrhyn atoll in the Northern Cook Islands.
The recording comes from YouTube