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=== Language ===

According to the 2020 census, the most widely spoken first/native/mother tongue languages are [[Wikipedia:Maori language|Oan]] (''Te Reo Oa'') at 87%, [[Wikipedia:Cook Islands Māori|Kohatu]] (''Olelo Kohatu'') 7%, [[Wikipedia:English language|Staynish]] at 5% and others at 1% such as [[Wikipedia:Georgian language|Salovian]], [[Wikipedia:Italian language|Fortunan]] and [[~~Wikipedia:Italian language|Axdan~~]]. The most widely spoken second language is Staynish followed by Oan and Kohatu. All children in the Oan Isles learn Staynish at school and get exposed to it because of International media and business. Staynish also helps people from other countries communicate with the local population so they prefer to use that. People from the Home Islands who move to the Kohatu Isles or work regularly with businesses in the Kohatu Isles learn Kohatu, while people from the Kohatu Isles learn Oan. Immigrants who live long enough in the countrg eventually adopt Oan as a second or first language. Most people in the Oan Isles (about 98%) can speak at least 2 languages.

According to the 2020 census, the most widely spoken first/native/mother tongue languages are [[Wikipedia:Maori language|Oan]] (''Te Reo Oa'') at 87%, [[Wikipedia:Cook Islands Māori|Kohatu]] (''Olelo Kohatu'') 7%, [[Wikipedia:English language|Staynish]] at 5% and others at 1% such as [[Wikipedia:Georgian language|Salovian]], [[Wikipedia:Italian language|Fortunan]] and [[Axdelian]]. The most widely spoken second language is Staynish followed by Oan and Kohatu. All children in the Oan Isles learn Staynish at school and get exposed to it because of International media and business. Staynish also helps people from other countries communicate with the local population so they prefer to use that. People from the Home Islands who move to the Kohatu Isles or work regularly with businesses in the Kohatu Isles learn Kohatu, while people from the Kohatu Isles learn Oan. Immigrants who live long enough in the countrg eventually adopt Oan as a second or first language. Most people in the Oan Isles (about 98%) can speak at least 2 languages.

The two native languages, Oan and Kohatu, belong to the Polynesian language family. The Polynesian language family is so ancient and unique that there are few link to languages from other parts of the world. Linguists sometimes argue that Polynesian has links to mainland Auroran languages because of similar consonants and their analytical grammar. Naturally, some linguists believe that the Polynesian languages are too old and unique to be reliably grouped with another group. Moreover, because research in speech and language development across sentient species is patchy at best, further understanding of the origins of Polynesian languages is non-existent.

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 === Language ===
-According to the 2020 census, the most widely spoken first/native/mother tongue languages are [[Wikipedia:Maori language|Oan]] (''Te Reo Oa'') at 87%, [[Wikipedia:Cook Islands Māori|Kohatu]] (''Olelo Kohatu'') 7%, [[Wikipedia:English language|Staynish]] at 5% and others at 1% such as [[Wikipedia:Georgian language|Salovian]], [[Wikipedia:Italian language|Fortunan]] and [[Wikipedia:Italian language|Axdan]]. The most widely spoken second language is Staynish followed by Oan and Kohatu. All children in the Oan Isles learn Staynish at school and get exposed to it because of International media and business. Staynish also helps people from other countries communicate with the local population so they prefer to use that. People from the Home Islands who move to the Kohatu Isles or work regularly with businesses in the Kohatu Isles learn Kohatu, while people from the Kohatu Isles learn Oan. Immigrants who live long enough in the countrg eventually adopt Oan as a second or first language. Most people in the Oan Isles (about 98%) can speak at least 2 languages.
+According to the 2020 census, the most widely spoken first/native/mother tongue languages are [[Wikipedia:Maori language|Oan]] (''Te Reo Oa'') at 87%, [[Wikipedia:Cook Islands Māori|Kohatu]] (''Olelo Kohatu'') 7%, [[Wikipedia:English language|Staynish]] at 5% and others at 1% such as [[Wikipedia:Georgian language|Salovian]], [[Wikipedia:Italian language|Fortunan]] and [[Axdelian]]. The most widely spoken second language is Staynish followed by Oan and Kohatu. All children in the Oan Isles learn Staynish at school and get exposed to it because of International media and business. Staynish also helps people from other countries communicate with the local population so they prefer to use that. People from the Home Islands who move to the Kohatu Isles or work regularly with businesses in the Kohatu Isles learn Kohatu, while people from the Kohatu Isles learn Oan. Immigrants who live long enough in the countrg eventually adopt Oan as a second or first language. Most people in the Oan Isles (about 98%) can speak at least 2 languages.
 The two native languages, Oan and Kohatu, belong to the Polynesian language family. The Polynesian language family is so ancient and unique that there are few link to languages from other parts of the world. Linguists sometimes argue that Polynesian has links to mainland Auroran languages because of similar consonants and their analytical grammar. Naturally, some linguists believe that the Polynesian languages are too old and unique to be reliably grouped with another group. Moreover, because research in speech and language development across sentient species is patchy at best, further understanding of the origins of Polynesian languages is non-existent.

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