Language code: ty
Technical information about ISO 639 language code ty
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The table below provides technical details for the Tahitian language, designated by the ty code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Tahitian Native Reo Tahiti |
| Family | Oceanic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | TahitiMooreaMaiaoHuahineRaiateaTahaaBora Bora |
| Related languages | HawaiianMāori (New Zealand)Cook Islands MāoriTuamotuanMarquesan |
| Key facts | Modern alphabet contains 16 lettersThe word "tattoo" in English originates from Tahitian tatauUses a glottal stop written with an apostrophe and long vowels marked by macronsTraditional counting system groups numbers in twentiesWidely used as a lingua franca among the Society Islands |
| Sample phrase | Ia ora na, e aha te huru? |
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Tahitian belongs to the Austronesian language family, more specifically, to the Oceanic subgroup. It is primarily spoken on the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is written using Latin script, and it is estimated that there are around 60,000 to 100,000 speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
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*The graph shows a rough estimate of Tahitian speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
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- GitHub integration
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- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
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- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ