Austral
A language of French Polynesia
| Population | 8,000 (1987). |
| Region | Austral (Tubuai) Islands. |
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French Polynesia |
| Alternate names | Tubuai-Rurutu |
| Dialects | Raivavae, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai. |
| 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 |
| Language use | May be shifting to Tahitian [tah]. Possibly less bilingual on Raivavae. |
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