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Also known as Tahitian language, reo Tahiti, reo tahiti

language of French Polynesia without official language status

AI overview

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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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tahitian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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