Tahitian language

Tahitian
Tahitian
reo Tahiti; reo Māʼohi
Native to	French Polynesia
Ethnicity	185,000 Tahitians
Native speakers	68,260, 37% of ethnic population (2007 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Polynesian Eastern Polynesian Tahitic Tahitian; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	French Polynesia
Regulated by	Tahitian Academy
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ty
ISO 639-2	tah
ISO 639-3	tah
Glottolog	tahi1242
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Tahitian (autonym: reo Tahiti, pronounced [ˈreo tahiti], part of reo Māʼohi, [ˈreo ˈmaːʔohi], languages of French Polynesia)^[3] is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It belongs to the Eastern Polynesian group.

As Tahitian had no written tradition before the arrival of the Western colonists, the spoken language was first transcribed by missionaries of the London Missionary Society in the early 19th century.

^ Tahitian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Le tahitien reste interdit à l'assemblée de Polynésie, RFO, 6 October 2010
^ reo Māʼohi correspond to "languages of natives from French Polynesia", and may in principle designate any of the seven indigenous languages spoken in French Polynesia. The Tahitian language specifically is called Reo Tahiti (See Charpentier & François 2015: 106).

[e18-1] Tahitian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Le tahitien reste interdit à l'assemblée de Polynésie, RFO, 6 October 2010

[maohi-3] reo Māʼohi correspond to "languages of natives from French Polynesia", and may in principle designate any of the seven indigenous languages spoken in French Polynesia. The Tahitian language specifically is called Reo Tahiti (See Charpentier & François 2015: 106).

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