TAHITI - Regina

TAHITI

President: Edouard Fritch (2015)

National Holiday: Bastille Day, July 14

ETHNIC GROUPS

The ethnic groups of tahiti are Polynesian , Chinese , local French, metropolitan French

LANGUAGES

French (official) 61.1%, Polynesian (official) 31.4%, Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%, unspecified 6%

POPULATION

(July 2014 est.):280,026 (growth rate: 0.97%); birth rate: 15.47/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.78/1000; life expectancy: 76.79 density per sq mi: 197

french Polynesian coat of arms

National Anthem of

The French Polynesia

Tahitian Lyrics

Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui

'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 x2

a greeting and some phrases

hello=ia orana(yo-rah-nah)

i live in christchurch=I Christchurch vau e faeia ai (ee Christchurch vaa oo ay fah ay ee ah ah ee)

where are you from=nohea mai oe(noh hay ah my oh ay)

take it easy=haere maru(ha ay ray mah roo)

yes=e (ay)

no=aita (eye tah)

I LOVE YOU=Ua here vau ia oe(oo ah hay ray ee ah oh ay)

MERRY CHRISTMAS= ia orana no te noere(yo rah nah noh tay noh ay ray)