Native to French Polynesia Ethnicity 8,000 (1987) | Region Austral Islands ISO 639-3 aut | |
Native speakers 3,000 (2007 census)
L2 speakers: 2,000 (no date) Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Polynesian
Eastern Polynesian
Tahitic
Austral | ||
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(Text) CC BY-SA