Te Parau Tinito

Te Parau Tinito
Te Parau Tinito
Native to	Tahiti
Region	Papeete
Native speakers	None; elderly L2 speakers
Language family	Tahitian pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	tepa1234
ELP	Te Parau Tinito; 2454;

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 mostly elderly.^[2]

References

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

[1] ELP article scheduled but not created as of 2021-02-10

[2] Christopher Moseley (2008) Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages

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