Tahitian

TAH

national

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 85% with Rarotongan ,, 76% with Hawaiian ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
Central Pacific
East Fijian-Polynesian
Polynesian
Nuclear
East
Central
Tahitic

Demographics: 63,000 in French Polynesia (2007 census). Population total all countries: 68,260.

Language Development: Taught in primary and secondary schools. Poetry. Magazines. New media. Radio programs. Films. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1838–1913.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: French Polynesia

Other Comments: Christian.