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Polynesian Languages with over 1,000 Speakers

Try to name the most spoken languages belonging to the Polynesian language family
Does not include Polynesian Outliers (Kapingamarangi, Nukuoro etc.)
Quiz by Kahaku
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Last updated: December 5, 2020
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510,000
Samoan
187,000
Tongan
100,000
New Zealand Māori
68,260
Tahitian
21,345
Cook Islands Māori
20,000
Hawaiian
10,000
Tuvaluan
10,400
Wallisian
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8,700
Marquesan
8,000
Austral
7,500
Rotuman
4,000
Tuamotuan
3,600
Futunan
2,000
Niuean
1,400
Tokelauan
1,000
Rapa Nui
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Level 54
Oct 5, 2023
Rotuman is generally considered by linguists to be a West Fijian language, making it Melanesian and not Polynesian. However it is still under heavy debate as Rotuman people are genealogically more similar to Polynesians, and there are also loads of loan words from Polynesian languages as well. This is made worse by the fact that Rotuman makes extensive use of metathesis (switching the letters around in words eg. Comfortable ~> Comfturble), which muddles the words up even more and makes it harder to classify.