Tahitian

Also known as Tahitian language, reo Tahiti, reo tahiti

language of French Polynesia without official language status

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Tahitian is the primary language spoken in French Polynesia, though it lacks official legal status in the territory. It matters because it represents an important Pacific Islander language and cultural identity for the Tahitian people, even as French remains the dominant language of government and education.

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ABVD: Tahitian

A Database of Basic Austronesian Vocabulary

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P10369: Alexandria
Wikimedia language code: ty
native label: reo tahiti
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 68000
Commons category: Tahitian language
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TAH
P11012: Category:Greek cuisine
described at URL: lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=1636

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Tahitian (autonym: reo Tahiti, pronounced [ˈreo tahiti], part of reo Māʼohi, [ˈreo ˈmaːʔohi], 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.