How Close are Hawaiian and Cook Islands Languages? - FestPAC 2024

At FestPAC this year, I was fortunate enough to talk story with a few Cook Islanders regarding the similarities and differences between languages and culture. To my surprise, I found out that Hawaiian is extremely similar to some of their dialects! So much so that we were able to converse in our own respective languages and be able to understand each other (most of the time). Mahalo to Tarani Napa, Kora Kora and Dr. Teina Rongo for their time and aloha.
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[@zeekpuia225]

It's really cool to hear Hawaiian olelo and Mangarongaro reo can converse and understand each other that goes to show that moana nui a kiva is all Family

[@kaalala]

I didn’t know how much in common there would be. It was a genuinely surprising and very enjoyable.

[@cochisenahuh7939]

He mea maikaʻi kēia e like me ka mea maʻamau. Mahalo nui loa! You're an invaluable asset to your community and the olelo. This content is monumentally important to keeping the olelo alive. We are in the process of talking about leaving diaspora and coming back home. We need more Hawaiians back home.

[@kaalala]

Mahalo. He mea iki no hoi keia hana nei. I’m glad that this content has had an impact on you. I plan to make more! We definitely need Hawaiians to move home💯

[@rkn2800]

Meitaki ma’ata! ʻSei’ is ʻHei’ in Tahitian or ʻlei’ in Hawaiian (s in western Polynesian languages usually convert to h in Hawaiian or Tahitian, glottal in Rarotongan Maori). ʻUpoko’ is ’upo’o’ in Tahitian or ’po’o’ in Hawaiian. ʻSei ’atu’ is ʻlei haku’.

[@HiLife4Ewa]

I'm loving all of these Polynesian comparisons and contrasts. It really shows that Hawaii is more related to the Pacific islands than the American continent.

[@kaalala]

For sure. The Pacific is our home and where our family resides.

[@GrandM4R371-p5o]

Hawaiian are our people they arent americans.

[@kapoiboi808]

fascinating!

[@Popufagaua]

I'm Tuvaluan and i understand everything they saying

[@malaelupesamifua379]

I love this exchange

[@emyrdaniela6037]

I loved the tuatua with aunty. That was so awesome as l could understand you through aunty speaking our reo and then filling in the gaps of your korerorero. So fascinating!

[@bubski420]

Chicken skin kanaka 💯💯 Mahalo nui loa for sharing, now i gotta learn more Olelo so i can understand 🤙🤙🙏🙏🙏

[@kaalala]

Crazy yeah. Well let me know when you want to make the commitment to learn. There’s a lot of options available 💯

[@sunstrikersunchild233]

The northern cooks has some tongan/ samoan influence, and southern cooks , more tahiti influence and rest of french polynesia, etc.. , 13 of 15 islands have their own dialects. I grew up listening to my dad speak atiuan to his siblings, aitutaki/ rarotongan to his inlaws , tongan to my mum, and samoan to our neighbours and his friends 😅.

[@kaalala]

Wow. Dad had a way with words. That’s impressive to know that many languages.

[@sunstrikersunchild233]

Thanx! He loved languages, I need to learn myself, and think it's awesome when people can speak 2 or more languages, I only speak one, but my parents, up to my great grandparents spoke 2 or 3. I need to catch up! 😩

[@shenglongisback4688]

But one of 2 Island without Dialect has one .In Takutea they speak Miner bird ..The local boy from Havai'i can understanding it.😂😂😂 its a joke I'm sure he it get.

[@sunstrikersunchild233]

That's where the dead go to..👻

[@shenglongisback4688]

@@sunstrikersunchild233 lol

[@Kayne-xy8pq]

Its so crack up samoans and tongans were so quick to migrate to Hawaii yet there is no real cultural connection its only through marriage and modern migration, Hawaii Maoli, Tahiti Maohi, cook islands Maori, Rapa Nui and Marquesas and New Zealand maori are all intertwined all connected through sea, language and the most beautiful of women in the Pacific islands

[@shenglongisback4688]

@@Kayne-xy8pq that's cos they went the other way Samoan and Tongan connect their historical roots in Melanesian and Micronesia eg. Solomon Islands too Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Kapingamarangi and its Sister Island in Micronesia.

[@originalclaymoreboy728]

The mangarongaro/hararanga/Tongareva Dialect adopted the letter 'L' but they can speak with 'R'. The southern dialect removed the letters 'H' and 'F'. But their dialect was exactly like the tuamotu dialect. Europeans corrupted the Southern dialect when they write it.

[@Brandon-rq6jg]

Other way around. They spell with R but say L.

[@downundabrotha]

Why does he sound so hot

[@cochisenahuh7939]

Bra

[@kapoiboi808]

braaaaaaaaaa what

[@cochisenahuh7939]

@@kapoiboi808 funny stuff😂😂😂