French Polynesia Languages

Description
French is the only official language of French Polynesia. An organic law of 12 April 1996 states that "French is the official language, Tahitian and other Polynesian languages can be used."

At the 2017 census, among the population whose age was 15 and older:
 * 73.9% French
 * 20.2% Tahitian
 * 2.6% Marquesan
 * 1.2% Austral languages
 * 1.0% Tuamotuan
 * 0.6% Chinese dialect (41% of which was Hakka)
 * 0.4% Other language (more than half of which was English)
 * 0.2% reported Mangareva language

Also on the 2017 census:
 * 95.2% of people whose age was 15 or older reported that they could speak, read and write French
 * 1.3% reported that they had no knowledge of French
 * 86.5% of people whose age was 15 or older reported that they had some form of knowledge of at least one Polynesian language
 * 13.5% reported that they had no knowledge of any of the Polynesian languages

Word List(s)
French
 * French Genealogical Word List
 * Most Common French Words at 1000MostCommonWords
 * Useful French phrases at Omniglot

Tahitian
 * Useful Tahitian Phrases at Omniglot
 * Tahitian Phrasebook at Wikitravel
 * Common Tahitian Words and Phrases at Wikipedia

Alphabet and Pronunciation
French The French alphabet is based on the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet, uppercase and lowercase, with five diacritics and two orthographic ligatures.
 * French Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot
 * French Alphabet and Pronunciation at Wikipedia


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!Letter !Name !Phonetic Alphabet !Diacritics and ligatures The letters w and k are rarely used except in loanwords and regional words. The phoneme /w/ sound is usually written ou; the /k/ sound is usually written c anywhere but before e, i, y, qu before e, i, y, and sometimes que at the ends of words. However, k is common in the metric prefix kilo- (originally from Greek χίλια khilia "a thousand"): kilogramme, kilomètre, kilowatt, kilohertz, etc.
 * A || a || /a/ ||Àà, Ââ, Ææ
 * B || bé || /be/ ||
 * C || cé || /se/ ||Çç
 * D || dé || /de/ ||
 * E || e || /ə/ ||Éé, Èè, Êê, Ëë
 * F || effe || /ɛf/ ||
 * G || gé || /ʒe/ ||
 * H || ache || /aʃ/ ||
 * I || i || /i/ ||Îî, Ïï
 * J || ji || /ʒi/ ||
 * K || ka || /ka/ ||
 * L || elle || /ɛl/ ||
 * M || emme || /ɛm/ ||
 * N || enne || /ɛn/ ||
 * O || o || /o/ ||Ôô, Œœ
 * P || pé || /pe/ ||
 * Q || qu || /ky/ ||
 * R || erre || /ɛʁ/ ||
 * S || esse || |/ɛs/ ||
 * T || té || /te/ ||
 * U || u || /y/ ||Ùù, Ûû, Üü
 * V || vé || /ve/ ||
 * W || double vé || /dubləve/ ||
 * X || ixe || /iks/ ||
 * Y || i grec || /iɡʁɛk/ ||Ÿÿ
 * Z || zède || /zɛd/ ||
 * }
 * N || enne || /ɛn/ ||
 * O || o || /o/ ||Ôô, Œœ
 * P || pé || /pe/ ||
 * Q || qu || /ky/ ||
 * R || erre || /ɛʁ/ ||
 * S || esse || |/ɛs/ ||
 * T || té || /te/ ||
 * U || u || /y/ ||Ùù, Ûû, Üü
 * V || vé || /ve/ ||
 * W || double vé || /dubləve/ ||
 * X || ixe || /iks/ ||
 * Y || i grec || /iɡʁɛk/ ||Ÿÿ
 * Z || zède || /zɛd/ ||
 * }
 * U || u || /y/ ||Ùù, Ûû, Üü
 * V || vé || /ve/ ||
 * W || double vé || /dubləve/ ||
 * X || ixe || /iks/ ||
 * Y || i grec || /iɡʁɛk/ ||Ÿÿ
 * Z || zède || /zɛd/ ||
 * }
 * Y || i grec || /iɡʁɛk/ ||Ÿÿ
 * Z || zède || /zɛd/ ||
 * }
 * Z || zède || /zɛd/ ||
 * }

Tahitian
 * Tahitian Alphabet and Pronunciation at Wikipedia
 * Tahitian Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot

Language Aids and Dictionaries
French
 * French Handwriting
 * French Letter Writing Guide
 * France Languages
 * French to English Dictionary at Cambridge
 * French to English Dictionary at Glosbe
 * French Dictionary at Lexilogos

Tahitian
 * English to Tahitian Dictionary at Glosbe
 * Talk the Tahitian Language at BoraboraisLandGuide

Additional Resources

 * French Polynesia at Wikitravel
 * French Polynesia at NationsOnline
 * French Polynesia at NationsEncyclopedia
 * Papeete at Wikipedia