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1 day ago · Linguistically, there are five sub-groups of the Polynesian language group. Each represents a region within Polynesia and the categorization of these language groups by Green in 1966 helped to confirm that Polynesian settlement generally took place from west to east.
1 day ago · Hawaiian, any of the aboriginal people of Hawaii, descendants of Polynesians who migrated to Hawaii in two waves: the first from the Marquesas Islands, probably about ad 400; the second from Tahiti in the 9th or 10th century.
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3 days ago · Languages. Tongan is the official language, along with English. A Polynesian language, it is closely related to Wallisian (Uvean), Niuean, and Hawai'ian. Religion
20 hours ago · The Māori language, also known as te reo Māori (pronounced [ˈmaːoɾi, te ˈɾeo ˈmaːoɾi]) or simply Te Reo ("the language"), has the status of an official language. Linguists classify it within the Eastern Polynesian languages as being closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan and Tahitian.
5 days ago · French Polynesia. The archipelagoes of French Polynesia are the Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands, and Tubuai Islands. The capital, Papeete, is on Tahiti, French Polynesia’s largest island (403 square miles [1,043 square km]), in the Society group.
5 days ago · As of 2012, there were an estimated 2 million ethnic Polynesians worldwide. The majority of them inhabit independent Polynesian nation-states such as Samoa, Niue, Cook Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Polynesians also form minorities in countries like New Zealand, Australia, Chile (Easter Island), and France (French Polynesia). Why are Samoans so big?
5 days ago · While Hawaiian is similar to other Polynesian languages such as Tahitian and Māori, they cannot be considered mutually intelligible. Hawaiian was a strictly oral language until the arrival of Europeans in 1778 and American missionaries in 1820, who introduced the written form of the language.
