French Polynesia / Polynésie française / Pōrīnetia Farāni / Polinésia Francesa ( France) ( França )
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is a French overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory (Papeete). Although not an integral part of its territory, Clipperton Island was administered from French Polynesia until 2007.
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A Polinésia Francesa (em francês: Polynésie française e em taitiano Pōrīnetia Farāni) é um território da Polinésia dependente da França, com o estatuto de colectividade de ultramar, no Oceano Pacífico sul. Localiza-se a aproximadamente 600 quilómetros a leste da Austrália. É um dos mais vastos territórios do Pacífico, com 4.167 km², se considerada a área marítima ocupada, a Polinésia Francesa inclui cinco arquipélagos, o das Marquesas, o de Tuamotu, o de Gambier, o das Austrais e o da Sociedade (dividido em dois grupos, o das Ilhas de Barlavento e da Ilhas de Sotavento), além de algumas ilhotas exteriores a estes grupos.
Other Info / Outras Informações
Oficial name:
Polynésie française
Overseas dependency:
Bastille Day 14 July (1789)
Area:
4.167 km2
Inhabitants:
255.000
Languages:
Austral [aut] 8,000 (1987). Austral (Tubuai) Islands. Alternate names: Tubuai-Rurutu. Dialects: Raivavae, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic
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Chinese, Hakka [hak] 19,200 in French Polynesia (1987). Alternate names: Hakka. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese
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French [fra] 25,668 in French Polynesia (2000 WCD). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
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Mangareva [mrv] 1,600 (1987). Gambier Islands, Mangareva Island, Rikitea settlement. Alternate names: Mangarevan. Dialects: Lexical similarity 75% with Rarotongan, 73% with Marquesan, 72% with Paumotu, 50% to 68% with Tahitian. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Marquesic
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Marquesan, North [mrq] 3,400 (1981 Wurm and Hattori). Marquesas Islands: Hatutu, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou islands. Dialects: Hatutu, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou. Wurm and Hattori (1981) list North Marquesan and South Marquesan as two languages. The dialects of North Marquesan are all inherently intelligible. 50% intelligibility of Tahitian. Lexical similarity 45% to 67% with Tahitian, 73% with Mangareva and Rarotonga, 70% with Hawaiian, 29% with Paumotu. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Marquesic
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Marquesan, South [mqm] 2,100 (1981 Wurm and Hattori). Marquesas Islands: Hiva Oa, Tahuta, Fatu Hiva islands. Dialects: Hiva Oa, Tahuta, Fatu Hiva. The dialects listed are inherently intelligible. Wurm and Hattori (1981) list North Marquesan as a separate language. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Marquesic
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Rapa [ray] 521 (1998 Kenji Rutter, U. of Hawaii). Austral Islands, Rapa (Rapa Iti) Island, 2 villages, Ha'urei and 'Area. Alternate names: Rapan. Dialects: May be a dialect of Tubuai-Rurutu (Austral). Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central
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Tahitian [tah] 117,000 in French Polynesia (1977 census). Population includes several thousand non-Tahitians. Population total all countries: 124,262. Society Islands and some islands in the Tuamotus including the Mihiroa group. Also spoken in New Caledonia, New Zealand, Vanuatu. Dialects: Lexical similarity 85% with Rarotongan, 76% with Hawaiian. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic
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Tuamotuan [pmt] 14,400 (1987). Population includes 6,700 on Tuamotu (1977 census), 2,000 in Tahiti (1977 Voegelin and Voegelin). Tuamotu, Tahiti. Alternate names: Pa'umotu. Dialects: Vahitu, Tapuhoe, Napuka, Reao, Fangatau (Tupitimoake), Parata (Putahi), Marangai. Lexical similarity 83% with Rarotongan, 77% with Hawaiian. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic
Capital city:
Papeete
Meaning ofth land name:
The geographic term Polynesia means "many islands", formed from the Greek roots: poly = many; and νῆσος nēsos = island.
Description Flag:
The flag of French Polynesia was adopted in 1984. The red and white colours have been adopted from historic Tahitian flags. An outrigger is depicted in the central disc over a stylised emblem of sun and sea; this is very similar to other flags in this area, for example the flag of Kiribati. In some versions of this flag, five figures representing the peoples of the island group are included in the design.
Coat of arms:
The traditional Polynesian outrigger was adopted as arms by the Territorial Assembly on 23 November 1984. As said by the members of the Assembly, the outrigger is "the essential tool of subsistence for fishing", "the imperative means of transportation and communication between the islands". The outrigger is also "a vessel of pomp and conquest", which was in the past "the holy attribute of the kings and the chiefs", and played a major role in the migrations and life of the Polynesians, people of the Sea. The Polynesian society is often compared to the outrigger: the [now] democratized emblem shows the choice of a social organization based on the virtues of courage, abnegation and solidarity. The arms appear on the flag and the seal of French Polynesia.
The arms are also shown on the obverse of the Cross of the Order of Tahiti Nui, created by the Territorial Assembly on 5 June 1996 [on the model of the French Order of the Legion d'Honneur].
Motto: "Tahiti Nui Mare'are'a"
National Anthem: " Ua rahu te atua "
TAHITIAN LYRICS
'Ua rahu te atua (i) to'u 'ai'a
Hono no'ano'a o te motu rau
Heihei i te pua ri'i au é
E firi nape morohi 'ore
'O ta'u ia e fa'ateniteni nei
Te Tuoro nei te reo here
O te hui'a
'A hi'i to aroha
'Ia ora o Tahiti Nui é
FRENCH TRANSLATION
Mon pays est né de Dieu
Collier d'îles multiples
Aux délicates senteurs
Reliées d'une tresse immortelle
Aujourd'hui je te loue
Voici que s'élève la voix de tes enfants
"Répands ton amour"
Pour que vive Tahiti Nui
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
God created my country
Garland of multiple islands
With such delicate fragrances
linked up as an everlasting braid
Today let me praise you
Listen to your children's voice
Crying out "Lavish your love"
So that Tahiti Nui can live.
Internet Page: www.polynesie-francaise.gouv.fr
French Polynesia / Polynésie française / Pōrīnetia Farāni / Polinésia Francesa ( France) ( França )
English
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesia
is a French overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory (Papeete). Although not an integral part of its territory, Clipperton Island was administered from French Polynesia until 2007.
Português
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polin%c3%a9sia_Francesa
A Polinésia Francesa (em francês: Polynésie française e em taitiano Pōrīnetia Farāni) é um território da Polinésia dependente da França, com o estatuto de colectividade de ultramar, no Oceano Pacífico sul. Localiza-se a aproximadamente 600 quilómetros a leste da Austrália. É um dos mais vastos territórios do Pacífico, com 4.167 km², se considerada a área marítima ocupada, a Polinésia Francesa inclui cinco arquipélagos, o das Marquesas, o de Tuamotu, o de Gambier, o das Austrais e o da Sociedade (dividido em dois grupos, o das Ilhas de Barlavento e da Ilhas de Sotavento), além de algumas ilhotas exteriores a estes grupos.
Other Info / Outras Informações
Oficial name:
Polynésie française
Overseas dependency:
Bastille Day 14 July (1789)
Area:
4.167 km2
Inhabitants:
255.000
Languages:
Austral [aut] 8,000 (1987). Austral (Tubuai) Islands. Alternate names: Tubuai-Rurutu. Dialects: Raivavae, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic
More information.
Chinese, Hakka [hak] 19,200 in French Polynesia (1987). Alternate names: Hakka. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese
More information.
French [fra] 25,668 in French Polynesia (2000 WCD). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
More information.
Mangareva [mrv] 1,600 (1987). Gambier Islands, Mangareva Island, Rikitea settlement. Alternate names: Mangarevan. Dialects: Lexical similarity 75% with Rarotongan, 73% with Marquesan, 72% with Paumotu, 50% to 68% with Tahitian. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Marquesic
More information.
Marquesan, North [mrq] 3,400 (1981 Wurm and Hattori). Marquesas Islands: Hatutu, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou islands. Dialects: Hatutu, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou. Wurm and Hattori (1981) list North Marquesan and South Marquesan as two languages. The dialects of North Marquesan are all inherently intelligible. 50% intelligibility of Tahitian. Lexical similarity 45% to 67% with Tahitian, 73% with Mangareva and Rarotonga, 70% with Hawaiian, 29% with Paumotu. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Marquesic
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Marquesan, South [mqm] 2,100 (1981 Wurm and Hattori). Marquesas Islands: Hiva Oa, Tahuta, Fatu Hiva islands. Dialects: Hiva Oa, Tahuta, Fatu Hiva. The dialects listed are inherently intelligible. Wurm and Hattori (1981) list North Marquesan as a separate language. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Marquesic
More information.
Rapa [ray] 521 (1998 Kenji Rutter, U. of Hawaii). Austral Islands, Rapa (Rapa Iti) Island, 2 villages, Ha'urei and 'Area. Alternate names: Rapan. Dialects: May be a dialect of Tubuai-Rurutu (Austral). Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central
More information.
Tahitian [tah] 117,000 in French Polynesia (1977 census). Population includes several thousand non-Tahitians. Population total all countries: 124,262. Society Islands and some islands in the Tuamotus including the Mihiroa group. Also spoken in New Caledonia, New Zealand, Vanuatu. Dialects: Lexical similarity 85% with Rarotongan, 76% with Hawaiian. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic
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Tuamotuan [pmt] 14,400 (1987). Population includes 6,700 on Tuamotu (1977 census), 2,000 in Tahiti (1977 Voegelin and Voegelin). Tuamotu, Tahiti. Alternate names: Pa'umotu. Dialects: Vahitu, Tapuhoe, Napuka, Reao, Fangatau (Tupitimoake), Parata (Putahi), Marangai. Lexical similarity 83% with Rarotongan, 77% with Hawaiian. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic
Capital city:
Papeete
Meaning ofth land name:
The geographic term Polynesia means "many islands", formed from the Greek roots: poly = many; and νῆσος nēsos = island.
Description Flag:
The flag of French Polynesia was adopted in 1984. The red and white colours have been adopted from historic Tahitian flags. An outrigger is depicted in the central disc over a stylised emblem of sun and sea; this is very similar to other flags in this area, for example the flag of Kiribati. In some versions of this flag, five figures representing the peoples of the island group are included in the design.
Coat of arms:
The traditional Polynesian outrigger was adopted as arms by the Territorial Assembly on 23 November 1984. As said by the members of the Assembly, the outrigger is "the essential tool of subsistence for fishing", "the imperative means of transportation and communication between the islands". The outrigger is also "a vessel of pomp and conquest", which was in the past "the holy attribute of the kings and the chiefs", and played a major role in the migrations and life of the Polynesians, people of the Sea. The Polynesian society is often compared to the outrigger: the [now] democratized emblem shows the choice of a social organization based on the virtues of courage, abnegation and solidarity. The arms appear on the flag and the seal of French Polynesia.
The arms are also shown on the obverse of the Cross of the Order of Tahiti Nui, created by the Territorial Assembly on 5 June 1996 [on the model of the French Order of the Legion d'Honneur].
Motto: "Tahiti Nui Mare'are'a"
National Anthem: " Ua rahu te atua "
TAHITIAN LYRICS
'Ua rahu te atua (i) to'u 'ai'a
Hono no'ano'a o te motu rau
Heihei i te pua ri'i au é
E firi nape morohi 'ore
'O ta'u ia e fa'ateniteni nei
Te Tuoro nei te reo here
O te hui'a
'A hi'i to aroha
'Ia ora o Tahiti Nui é
FRENCH TRANSLATION
Mon pays est né de Dieu
Collier d'îles multiples
Aux délicates senteurs
Reliées d'une tresse immortelle
Aujourd'hui je te loue
Voici que s'élève la voix de tes enfants
"Répands ton amour"
Pour que vive Tahiti Nui
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
God created my country
Garland of multiple islands
With such delicate fragrances
linked up as an everlasting braid
Today let me praise you
Listen to your children's voice
Crying out "Lavish your love"
So that Tahiti Nui can live.
Internet Page: www.polynesie-francaise.gouv.fr