Tuamotuan language
Tuamotuan (ISO 639-3 code pmt) is a language of the Austronesian family spoken in French Polynesia. It has about 14,400 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as vulnerable.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | pmt |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | tuam1242 |
| Family | Austronesian |
| Area | Papunesia |
| Countries | French Polynesia |
| Speakers (estimate) | 14,400 |
| Endangerment | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Austronesian languages, nearest first.
- Austral8,000 speakers
- Mangareva900 speakers
- Rapa50 speakers
- South Marquesan
- Indonesian200,000,000 speakers
- Filipino82,000,000 speakers
- Tagalog82,000,000 speakers
- Javanese68,000,000 speakers
- Cebuano22,000,000 speakers
- Malay19,000,000 speakers
- Buginese5,000,000 speakers
- Balinese3,300,000 speakers
More about Tuamotuan
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.