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The Cook Islands are a self-governing island state in free association with New Zealand, located in the South Pacific Ocean. The nation comprises 15 islands spread over a vast oceanic area.12

The indigenous people of the Cook Islands are of Polynesian descent, and they speak two main Polynesian languages. One is specific to the island of Pukapuka, while the other, known as Cook Islands Maori, is spoken on all other islands and is an official language alongside English. Cook Islands Maori is part of the Eastern Polynesian subgroup of languages.13

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