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Rapa Nui is a Polynesian language, thus, it
is different from other Indoamerican languages spoken
in the country.
It belongs to the Polynesian branch of the austronesic
family, a group of languages distributed from the Southeast
Asia to Easter Island.
The Rapa Nui people is a culturally and linguistically
distinct ethnic group in the Chilean territory, incorporated
to the country in 1888.
Currently, the Rapa Nui are bilingual, speaking both
Spanish and their original language, the Vaná
a Rapa Nui. Children in the island speak the Rapa Nui
until they enter school, where they learn Spanish, used
as a second language in their relations with the continent.
www.museorapanui.cl/sp/isla/escuche.htm
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