Tuamotuan language

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The Tuamotuan language is a Polynesian language spoken in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia, closely related to other Eastern Polynesian languages such as Rarotongan.

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Label Occurrences
Tuamotuan language canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Polynesian language
Polynesian language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Hawaiian language NERFINISHED
Māori language
Rarotongan language
Tahitian language NERFINISHED
country France
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottologCode tuam1242
glottologName Tuamotuan NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Paumotu NERFINISHED
Paumotu language NERFINISHED
Tuamotu language NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Proto-Eastern-Polynesian language NERFINISHED
Proto-Polynesian language NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalType analytic
isolating
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
open syllable structure (predominantly CV)
influencedBy Tahitian language
influences local Tuamotuan dialects of Tahitian
ISO639-3Code pmt
languageBranch Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Polynesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
languageSubgroup Eastern Polynesian languages
minorityLanguageIn French Polynesia NERFINISHED
partOf French Polynesian languages
primaryStatusInRegion local vernacular language
region Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
Polynesia NERFINISHED
spokenBy Tuamotuan people NERFINISHED
spokenIn French Polynesia NERFINISHED
Tuamotu Archipelago NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature has inclusive and exclusive first person plural pronouns
has phonemic vowel length
has simple consonant inventory typical of Polynesian languages
predominantly VSO word order
uses prepositions rather than postpositions
usedFor education at local level
local administration in Tuamotu Archipelago
oral tradition
religious practice
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Rarotongan language closelyRelatedTo Tuamotuan language