Tuamotuan language
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| Tuamotuan | |
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| Reo Pa‘umotu Reko Pa‘umotu |
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| Native to | French Polynesia |
| Region | the Tuamotus, Tahiti |
| Ethnicity | 15,600 (2007 census?)[1] |
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Native speakers
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4,000 in Tuamotu (2007 census)[2] many additional speakers in Tahiti[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pmt |
| Glottolog | tuam1242[3] |
Tuamotuan, Pa‘umotu or Paumotu (Paumotu: Re‘o Pa‘umotu or Reko Pa‘umotu) is a Polynesian language spoken by 4,000 people in the Tuamotu archipelago, with an additional 2,000 speakers in Tahiti.[citation needed]
Dialects
Paumotu has seven dialects or linguistic areas: covering Parata, Vahitu, Maraga, Fagatau, Tapuhoe, Napuka and Mihiro.[4][5]
Pa‘umotu is closely related to the languages of eastern Polynesia including Hawaiian, Māori, Cook Islands Māori and Rapa Nui, the language of Easter Island.[citation needed]
References
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Notes
- ↑ Tuamotuan language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tuamotuan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ See Charpentier & François (2015).
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