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Te Parau Tinito
Native to Tahiti
Region Papeete
Native speakers
None
elderly L2 speakers
Tahitian pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
ELP

Te Parau Tinito [1] (Tahitian for 'Chinese speech') is a moribund pidgin language spoken by ethnic Chinese in Tahiti, primarily in the capital Papeete. It is losing ground to Tahitian and French, and speakers are elderly. [2]

References

  1. ^ ELP article scheduled but not created as of 2021-02-10
  2. ^ Christopher Moseley (2008) Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages