Tuamotuan language
| Tuamotuan | |
|---|---|
|
Reo Pa‘umotu Reko Pa‘umotu | |
| Native to | French Polynesia |
| Region | the Tuamotus, Tahiti |
| Ethnicity | 15,600 (2007 census?)[1] |
Native speakers |
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.
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.
References
- Charpentier, Jean-Michel; François, Alexandre (2015). Atlas Linguistique de Polynésie Française — Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia (in French and English). Mouton de Gruyter & Université de la Polynésie Française. ISBN 978-3-11-026035-9.
- Edward Tregear (1895). A Paumotuan dictionary with Polynesian comparatives. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited (2010 edition: General Books, Wellington, New Zealand (and Nabu Press). p. 118. ISBN 1-245-00811-0. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
Notes
- ↑ Tuamotuan language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- 1 2 Tuamotuan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tuamotuan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Carine Chamfrault (26 December 2008). "L’académie pa‘umotu, "reconnaissance d’un peuple"" [The Pa‘umotu Academy , “recognition of a people”]. La Dépêche de Tahiti (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ↑ See Charpentier & François (2015).
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