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Austral language

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Native to
  
Ethnicity
  
8,000 (1987)

Region
  
ISO 639-3
  
aut

Native speakers
  
3,000 (2007 census)L2 speakers: 2,000 (no date)

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicPolynesianEastern PolynesianTahiticAustral

Austral (Reo Tuha’a pae) is a Polynesian language spoken by about 5,000 people on the Austral Islands of French Polynesia. It is being supplanted by Tahitian.

References

Austral language Wikipedia


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