Tahitian
A language of French Polynesia
| Population | 117,000 in French Polynesia (1977 census). several thousand non-Tahitians. Population total all countries: 124,260. |
| Region | Society Islands and some islands in the Tuamotus including the Mihiroa group. Also in New Caledonia, New Zealand, Vanuatu. |
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French Polynesia |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 85% with Rarotongan [rar], 76% 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 | Official language. |
| Language development | Dictionary. Bible: 1838–1913. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists: taro, yams, sweet potato, corn, eggplant, tomato, melon, lettuce, coconut, breadfruit, Tahitian chestnut, mango, banana, coffee; fishermen; animal husbandry: pigs, cattle. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
MEYER, David, author. 2006. "Dating Tahitian oral tradition texts from primarily internal evidence."
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