Tahitian language
Tahitian (Tahitian: Reo Tahiti, part of Reo Māohi, languages of French Polynesia) is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It belongs to the Eastern Polynesian group.
As Tahitian had no written tradition before the arrival of the Western colonists, the spoken language was first transcribed by missionaries of the London Missionary Society in the early 19th century.
Tahitian is the most prominent of the indigenous Polynesian languages spoken in French Polynesia (reo māohi). The latter also include:
* Marquesan, spoken by about 8,000 people in the Marquesas Islands, with two sub-divisions, North-Western (eo enana) and South-Eastern (eo enata)
* Paumotu (reo paumotu), spoken by about 4,000 people in the Tuamotu Islands
* Austral, spoken by about 3,000 people in the Austral Islands
* Rapa, spoken by about 400 people on Rapa Iti
* Raivavae, spoken by about 900 people in the Austral Islands
* Mangareva, spoken by about 600 people in the Gambier Islands
As Tahitian had no written tradition before the arrival of the Western colonists, the spoken language was first transcribed by missionaries of the London Missionary Society in the early 19th century.
Tahitian is the most prominent of the indigenous Polynesian languages spoken in French Polynesia (reo māohi). The latter also include:
* Marquesan, spoken by about 8,000 people in the Marquesas Islands, with two sub-divisions, North-Western (eo enana) and South-Eastern (eo enata)
* Paumotu (reo paumotu), spoken by about 4,000 people in the Tuamotu Islands
* Austral, spoken by about 3,000 people in the Austral Islands
* Rapa, spoken by about 400 people on Rapa Iti
* Raivavae, spoken by about 900 people in the Austral Islands
* Mangareva, spoken by about 600 people in the Gambier Islands
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French Polynesia
French Polynesia (Polynésie française ; Pōrīnetia Farāni) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than 2000 km in the South Pacific Ocean. The total land area of French Polynesia is 3521 km2, with a population of 278,786 (Aug. 2022 census).
French Polynesia is divided into five groups of islands: