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Tahitian (Reo Tahiti / Reo Māʻohi)
Native to: French Polynesia
Ethnicity: 185,000 Tahitians
Native speakers: 68,260, 37% of ethnic population (2007 census)
Language family: Austronesian
ISO 639-1 ty, 639-2 tah, 639-3 tah
Glottolog: tahi1242

Tahitian (Reo Tahiti)

Tahitian is a Polynesian language spoken in Tahiti and other islands in French Polynesia (reo mā’oh), a French overseas territory. According to the 2007 census that are about 68,000 Tahitian speakers, most of whom live in the Society Islands (Îles de la Société). There are also some Tahitian speakers in the Tuamotu islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Vanuatu. Tahitian is closely related to Rarotongan and Hawai'ian.

Until the early 19th century Tahitian was a purely oral language. A Tahitian spelling system using the Latin alphabet was developed by John Davis, a Welsh historian and linguist, and proposed in 1805. Davis produduced the first printed book in Tahitian, an alphabet primer called Te Aebi no Tahiti, in 1810. Most of the written material published since has been of a religious or educational nature.

Links
Information about the Tahitian language
http://www.tahiti-explorer.com/language.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahitian_language
http://www.thetahititraveler.com/general/soclang.asp
https://www.jw.org/en/
Académie Tahitienne / Fare Vāa'a (Tahitian Academy)
http://www.farevanaa.pf
Tahitian language courses
http://www.hawaii.edu/oceanic/tahiti/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3qra05RH2O04OF-NhXQhiA/videos
Tahitian dictionaries
http://www.farevanaa.pf/dictionnaire.php
http://www.freelang.net/online/tahitian.php
http://www.pasefika.com/dictionary
Tahitian phrases
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g294338-s604/French-Polynesia:Important.Phrases.html
http://www.tahititravel.com/language.html
http://wikitravel.org/en/Tahitian_phrasebook
http://tahitihi.tripod.com/
http://tahitinow.com.au/tahiti-for-australians/youhavearrived/19/
http://www.lexilogos.com/tahitien_langue_dictionnaires.htm
http://www.polynesie-francaise.eu.com/langue-tahitienne.htm
http://tahiti-tourisme.com.au/plan-your-trip/documents/speak-tahitian/
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