Austral

Facts

  • Language: Austral
  • Alternate names: Tubuai-Rurutu
  • Language code: aut
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Pacific linkage, Tokelau-Fijian, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian, Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Solomons Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Central Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, East Polynesian, Central Eastern Polynesian, Tahitian-Austral
  • Number of speakers: 3000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
  • Script: Category

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    Introduction

    Austral is a language of French Polynesia. It is spoken in Austral (Tubuai) Islands.

    Dialects

    Raivavae, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai. Mutually intelligible with Tahitian (See: Tahitian). Currently Raivavae, Rurutu, Tubuai and Rimatara dialects considered as dialects of Tahitian.

    The Austral Verb

    Verblist