Editing Rapa language (section)

{{Short description|Language of French Polynesia}}
{{Distinguish|Rapa Nui language}}
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{{Infobox language
| name             = Rapa
| altname          = Mangaia
| nativename       = 
| states           = [[French Polynesia]], [[Cook Islands]]
| speakers         = 300 on Rapa
| date             = 2007 census
| ref              = e18
| speakers2        = 573 on Mangaia (2011 census); additional speakers in diaspora
| familycolor      = Austronesian
| fam2             = [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]
| fam3             = [[Oceanic languages|Oceanic]]
| fam4             = [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]]
| fam5             = [[Eastern Polynesian languages|Eastern Polynesian]]
| fam6             = [[Central Eastern Polynesian languages|Central Eastern Polynesian]]
| fam7             = [[Tahitic languages|Tahitic]]
| dia1             = Old Rapa
| dia2             = Reo Rapa
| dia3             = Mangaia
| iso3             = ray
| glotto           = rapa1245
| glottorefname    = Mangaia-Old Rapa
| map              = Lang Status 40-SE.svg
| mapcaption       = {{center|{{small|Rapa is classified as Severely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
}}

'''Rapa''' (or ''Rapan'') is the language of [[Rapa Iti]], in the [[Austral Islands]] of [[French Polynesia]], and of [[Mangaia]] in the [[Cook Islands]]. It is an [[Polynesian languages|Eastern Polynesian language]]. There are three varieties of the Rapa language currently being spoken in French Polynesia: Old Rapa, Reo Rapa and New Rapa.{{sfn|Walworth|2015}} Old Rapa has been mostly replaced by Reo Rapa, a mix of the more commonly spoken [[Tahitian language|Tahitian]] and Old Rapa.{{sfn|Walworth|2017|pages=89, 99}} New Rapa &ndash; revitalized Old Rapa &ndash; is commonly spoken by middle-aged and younger speakers.{{sfn|Walworth|2015}} Rapa is a critically endangered language, and there are only around 300 speakers of Reo Rapa, with only 15% of them able to speak Old Rapa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/5330|title=Rapa|last=Walworth|first=Mary|date=2014|website=Endangered Languages|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>
It may be more vibrant on Mangaia, but there the population has been declining for half a century due to emigration.