Austral language

Austral
Native toFrench Polynesia
RegionAustral Islands
Ethnicity6,700 (2017)[1]
Native speakers
5,000 (2007 census)[1]
L2 speakers: 2,000 (no date)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3aut
Glottologaust1304
ELPAustral

Austral (Reo Tuha'a pae) is an endangered Polynesian language or a dialect continuum that was spoken by approximately 8,000 people in 1987 on the Austral Islands and the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The language is also referred to as Tubuai-Rurutu, Tubuai, Rurutu-Tupuai, or Tupuai. It is closely related to other Tahitic languages, most notably Tahitian and Māori.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Austral at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Tubuai-Rurutu facts". www2.ling.su.se. Archived from the original on 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2018-09-28.