RE: Travels with 'X' | Twice To Tahiti - French Polynesia in Photographs and a few words

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camuel (67)in #travelfeed • 7 years ago

Rad. As you said, paradise. Is French the main lingo there?

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barge (61) 7 years ago

Yup, French is the lingua Franca, but Tahitian is spoken in all its flavours across the region, and some words have crept into Fr usage too. Everyone understands Fr.

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barge (61) 7 years ago

Hey @camuel, just heard from 'M' who has read the blog - and she likes it YAAY!!! She made a couple of corrections which I have implemented. She also read your comment about the Linguistic Situation in FP and she sez:

"Tahitian is both a vernacular and vehicular language. Other languages include Mangarevian, Paumotu languages and Marquisien … Plus, many of these clusters of languages include their own lingua franca. There is, for instance, a modern version of the Rangiroa’s language which is used by many Tuamotus inhabitants as a vehicular language. Linguists have also recently observed a greater diversity of languages than accounted for in the attached diagram. That is the case even within single islands as verified in the Marquesan islands for instance."

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