Endangered Languages Project - Tuamotuan

Tuamotuan

^{[aka Pa'umotu,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Pa'umotu
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Polynesian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pmt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Tapuhoe Reao Vahitu Fangatau Parata Napuka Marangai
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
14,400
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
6,700 on Tuamotu (1977 census), 2,000 in Tahiti (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977)

DATE OF INFO: 1987

PLACES: French Polynesia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Tuamotu, Tahiti

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000-99,999
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
14,400 reported in 1987: 8,000-9,000 in Tuamotuan Islands, over 2,000 in Tahiti. Numbers likely to be lower today.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Widespread bilingualism in Tahitian; many speakers shifting to it
More on Orthography: No literacy in the language

PLACES: French Polynesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Tuamotuan Islands and Tahiti

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
14,400
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
14,400
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

-14.9354,-147.7455

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press