Tuamotuan
A language of French Polynesia
| Population | 14,400 (1987). 6,700 on Tuamotu (1977 census), 2,000 in Tahiti (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977). |
| Region | Tuamotu, Tahiti. |
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French Polynesia |
| Alternate names | Pa’umotu |
| Dialects | Vahitu, Tapuhoe, Napuka, Reao, Fangatau (Tupitimoake), Parata (Putahi), Marangai. Lexical similarity: 83% with Rarotongan [rar], 77% with Hawaiian [haw]. |
| 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 | Dialect variations disappearing with more use of Tahitian [tah]. Possibly less proficiency in Tahitian [tah] on Napuka and Reao. |
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