Tuamotu language
| Tuamotuan | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
French Polynesia ( Tuamotu , Tahiti ) | |
| speaker | ~ 8,700 | |
| Linguistic classification |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
pmt |
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The Tuamotu language or Paumotu (own name Pa'umotu , Reo Pa'umotu , Reko Pa'umotu ) is a Polynesian language that is spoken by around 6,700 people on the Tuamotu archipelago and by 2,000 speakers in Tahiti .
Pa'umotu has seven dialects and linguistic areas, including Parata, Vahitu, Maraga, Fagatau, Tapuhoe, Napuka, and Mihiro. Tuamotu is a Polynesian language and therefore belongs to the large family of Austronesian languages . It is closely related to the languages of Eastern Polynesia , including Hawaiian , Maori , Roratongan, and Rapanui , the language of Easter Island .
Tuamotu has a total of 8,700 speakers - albeit with a downward trend. It is threatened with extinction because of the strict French language policy which only allows the French language and suppresses indigenous languages. The speakers mostly switch to using French as a language even in the private sphere. In the whole of French Polynesia, for example, only French is permitted as the official and teaching language; Tuamotu has no high status as a national or regional language. Tuamotu is also not taught in schools in the country and has no media support in the French- controlled area.
literature
- Edward Tregear : A Paumotuan dictionary with Polynesian comparatives . Printed (from A to R inclusive) by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited; and (from T to end) by R. Coupland Harding, Wellington, New Zealand 1895, p. 76 (Accessed July 21, 2011).
Web links
- Language abbreviation pmt on the Ethnologue website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carine Chamfrault: L'académie pa'umotu, "reconnaissance d'un peuple" . In: La Dépêche de Tahiti . December 26, 2008. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved on November 14, 2010.