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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > French Polynesia > Tuamotuan

Tuamotuan

A language of French Polynesia

ISO 639-3: pmt

Population	14,400 (1987). Population includes 6,700 on Tuamotu (1977 census), 2,000 in Tahiti (1977 Voegelin and Voegelin).
Region	Tuamotu, Tahiti.
Alternate names	Pa'umotu
Dialects	Vahitu, Tapuhoe, Napuka, Reao, Fangatau (Tupitimoake), Parata (Putahi), Marangai. Lexical similarity 83% with Rarotongan, 77% with Hawaiian.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic
Language use	Dialect variations are being leveled out as people use more Tahitian. Speakers on Napuka and Reao may have less proficiency in Tahitian.