The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Population | 117,000 in French Polynesia (1977 census) including several thousand non-Tahitians. Population total all countries 125,000. |
| Region | Society Islands and some islands in the Tuamotus including the Mihiroa group. Also spoken in New Caledonia, New Zealand, Vanuatu. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic. |
| Comments | 85% lexical similarity with Rarotongan, 76% with Hawaiian. National language. Dictionary. Agriculturalists: taro, yam, sweet potato, corn, eggplant, tomato, melon, lettuce, coconut, breadfruit, Tahitian chestnut, mango, banana, coffee; fishermen; livestock (pigs, cattle). Bible 1838-1913. |
