Te Parau Tinito Explained

Te Parau Tinito
State:Tahiti
Region:Papeete
Speakers:none
Speakers2:elderly L2 speakers
Familycolor:Pidgin
Family:Tahitian pidgin
Iso3:none
Glotto:tepa1234
Elp:2454
Elpname:Te Parau Tinito

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]

Notes and References

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