French Polynesia

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Official Name
Overseas Lands of French Polynesia
Sovereignty Comment
Self-governing overseas collectivity of France
Population Full

278,000 (2018 World Bank)

General Remarks
Includes Marquesas Islands, Gambier Islands, Austral Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Tahiti and Society Islands
Principal Languages
French, Tahitian
Literacy Rate
98% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
General References
Besnier 1992, Wurm 2007, Wurm and Hattori 1981
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for French Polynesia is 9. All are living languages. Of these, 7 are indigenous and 2 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 2 are institutional and 7 are in trouble.