Tahitian

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Language Information

Tahitian is the indigenous language of Tahiti, one of the Society Islands located in the South Pacific Ocean. It is a Polynesian language with about 50,000 speakers. The alphabet contains only thirteen letters—the five vowels plus the consonants f, h, m, n, p, r, t, and v. The English word tattoo is of Tahitian origin.

Tahitian is spoken/used in the following countries:

Language Family: Malayo-Polynesian (Austronesian)
Subgroup: Polynesian

Tahitian Language Sample

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

Tahitian

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;

English translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights