Tahitian
reo tahiti
Tahitian is an Austronesian language spoken in French Polynesia, by about 68 thousand people.
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Tahitian (autonym: reo Tahiti, pronounced [ˈreo tahiti], part of reo Māʼohi, [ˈreo ˈmaːʔohi], languages of French Polynesia) is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It belongs to the Eastern Polynesian group.
As Tahitian had no written tradition before the arrival of the Western colonists, the spoken language was first transcribed by missionaries of the London Missionary Society in the early 19th century.
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Written down
E fanauhia te tā'āto'ara'a o te ta'ata-tupu ma te ti'amā e te ti'amanara'a 'aifaito. Ua 'ī te mana'o pa'ari e i te manava e ma te 'a'au taea'e 'oia ta ratou ha'a i rotopū ia ratou iho, e ti'a ai;
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Tahitian
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | metua vahine | |
| man | tāne | |
| woman | vahine | |
| name | iʻoa | |
| eye | mata | |
| ear | tari’a | |
| tooth | niho | |
| head | uru | |
| water | pape | |
| fire | auahi | |
| star | fetiʻa | |
| sky | raʻi | |
| wind | matai | |
| mountain | mouʻa | |
| sea | miti | |
| leaf | rau | |
| night | pō | |
| dog | ʻurī | |
| cat | piʻifare | |
| fish | eiya | |
| bird | manu | |
| horse | puaʻarehenua | |
| cow | puaʻatoro | |
| snake | ōfī | |
| one | hō'ē | |
| two | piti | |
| three | toru | |
| four | māha | |
| five | pae | |
| ten | hō'ē 'ahuru |
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Elsewhere
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