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Classification: Austronesian
·vulnerable
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
6,700 on Tuamotu (1977 census), 2,000 in Tahiti (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977)
Tuamotu, Tahiti
Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge
14,400 reported in 1987: 8,000-9,000 in Tuamotuan Islands, over 2,000 in Tahiti. Numbers likely to be lower today.
Tahitian
Widespread bilingualism in Tahitian; many speakers shifting to it
No literacy in the language
Tuamotuan Islands and Tahiti
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
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SOURCE: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . , Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press |
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SOURCE: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge |
| 3rd | 2010 | Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger | UNESCO Publishing | Paris | http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas | Christopher Moseley (ed.) | Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.) | ll_pub | 14,400 | 10000-99999 | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | -14.9354,-147.7455 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0199255911 | 2005 | The World Atlas of Language Structures | Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer | Oxford University Press | New York | 2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press. | -17.0,-144.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 070071197X | 3 | 1 | 2007 | Australia and the Pacific | Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages | 424-557 | Routledge | Abingdon | Stephen A Wurm | Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X | ll_pub | 10000-99999 | 14,400 reported in 1987: 8,000-9,000 in Tuamotuan Islands, over 2,000 in Tahiti. Numbers likely to be lower today. | Tahitian | Widespread bilingualism in Tahitian; many speakers shifting to it | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | French Polynesia | Tuamotuan Islands and Tahiti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Oral Literature Project | http://www.oralliterature.org | "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org. | 14,400 | 10000-99999 | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 2009 | Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009) | M. Paul Lewis | SIL International | Dallas, TX | http://www.ethnologue.com/ | Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.) | ll_pub | 14,400 | 1987 | 10000-99999 | 6,700 on Tuamotu (1977 census), 2,000 in Tahiti (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977) | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | French Polynesia; | Tuamotu, Tahiti |