Tuamotuan language
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| Tuamotuan | |
|---|---|
| Reo Pa‘umotu / Reko Pa‘umotu | |
| Spoken in | French Polynesia |
| Region | the Tuamotus, Tahiti |
| Native speakers | 8700~ (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pmt |
The Tuamotuan language or Paumotuan (Paumotuan: Re‘o Pa‘umotu or Reko Pa‘umotu[1]) is a Tahitic language spoken by about 6700 people in the Tuamotu Islands with an additional 2000 speakers in Tahiti. It has seven dialects or linguistic areas[2] covering Parata, Vahitu, Maraga, Fagatau, Tapuhoe, Napuka and Mihiro.
It is a Polynesian language belonging to the greater family of Austronesian languages.
Pa‘umotu is closely related to the languages of eastern Polynesian including Hawaiian, Māori, Cook Islands Māori and Rapa Nui, the language of Easter Island.
[edit] Further reading
- Edward Tregear (1895). A Paumotuan dictionary with Polynesian comparatives. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited (2010 edition: General Books, Wellington, New Zealand (and Nabu Press). pp. 118. ISBN 1245008110. http://books.google.com/books?id=h42aQwAACAAJ&dq=A+Paumotuan+dictionary+with+Polynesian+comparatives&hl=no&ei=QmG0TtrsJ4WG8gO_8LHqBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
[edit] References
- ^ The glottal stop ‘ is more or less strongly pronounced in a series of words, according to the dialects
- ^ Carine Chamfrault (26 December 2008). "L’académie pa‘umotu, "reconnaissance d’un peuple" (The Pa‘umotu Academy , “recognition of a people”) (French)". La Dépêche de Tahiti. http://www.ladepeche.pf/fenua/culture/2484-lacademie-paumotu-reconnaissance-dun-peuple.html. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
[edit] External links
- Tuamotuan language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
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