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Languages of French Polynesia

The Linguasphere Register records 7 entries for French Polynesia, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

7Register entries
3Sectors present
3Zones
3Language entries

3= AUSTRONESIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 7= SINO-INDIAN

Register entries recorded in French Polynesia

CodeEntryLevelNote
39-HAQ-gcfatu-hivaInnerFatu-Hiva island
39-HAQ-idfangatauInnerFangatau + Fakahina + Pukapuka islands
39=TRANSPACIFICZone
51-AAA-ipfrançais-d'océanieInnerlisted in geographic sequence
51-AAA-ipefrançais-de-polynésieVariety
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
79=SINITICZoneCovers the "Chinese" or Han-Yu set, part of the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") continental affinity.

Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.