The Tahitian language
The Tahitian language is spoken in the French Polynesia by approximately 125,000 people.
The majority of Tahitian speakers live in the Society Islands, but it is also spoken in the islands of Tuamotus that include the Mihiroa group. Tahitian language is also spoken in New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Vanuatu.
It was not until the 19th century that the Tahitian language developed a written symbol. Before that, this language was purely spoken. It was John Davis, a Welsh historian, who developed the Tahitian spelling system from the Latin alphabet on March 8, 1805.
In 1810, Davis printed the book called Te Aebi no Tahiti, it was all about the Tahitian alphabets’ equivalent to the English ABC, for instance. Since then, the publication of religious as well as educational material was made possible.