French Polynesia178,133 (on Tahiti only, August 2007 census)
United States
5,062 (2010)[1]
New Zealand
1,737 (2018)[2]
Languages
Tahitian, French
Religion
Predominantly Christian (Reformed and Roman Catholic) Tahitian mythology (minority)
Related ethnic groups
Other Polynesians (particularly Native Hawaiians and Rapa Nui)
Tahitians, c. 1870–90
The Tahitians (Tahitian: Māʼohi; French: Tahitiens) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of Tahiti and thirteen other Society Islands in French Polynesia. The numbers may also include the modern population in these islands of mixed Polynesian and French ancestry (French: demis). Indigenous Tahitians are one of the largest Polynesian ethnic groups, behind the Māori, Samoans and Hawaiians.[3]
^"Total ancestry's categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported in 2010 American Community Survey Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
^"2018 Census ethnic group summaries | Stats NZ".
^Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1976), vol. 25, p. 208
The original Tahitians cleared land for cultivation on the fertile volcanic soils and built fishing canoes. The tools of the Tahitians when first discovered...
Tahitian (Tahitian: Reo Tahiti, part of Reo Māʼohi, languages of French Polynesia) is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French...
Look up Tahitian or Tahitians in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tahitian or Tahitians may refer to: someone or something from or associated with the...
and security. Tahitians are French citizens with complete civil and political rights. French is the official language, but Tahitian and French are both...
enforced from its signing by various factions. The Franco-Tahitian War between the Tahitians and French went from 1843 to 1847. Pomare IV ruled under French...
The Tahitian Choir is a choral group from the island known as Rapa Iti, one of the Bass Islands in the South Pacific, approximately 1,000 miles southeast...
The Tahitian ukulele (ʻukarere or Tahitian banjo) is a short-necked fretted lute with eight nylon strings in four doubled courses, native to Tahiti and...
cloth but untied the dogs and turned them loose, an act that confused the Tahitians. On his first voyage, Captain James Cook and his crew developed a taste...
Polynesian Revue, a music-and-dance show featuring dance troupe the Royal Tahitians, hula dancers and a fire walker. The restaurant was originally sponsored...
French Polynesia (Tahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia and the Tahitians make up the main ethnic group in the territory). Servilia's pearl, a black...
instrument that newcomers play. Tahitian drumming compositions are composed of single rhythmic phrases that Tahitians call pehe. There are three parts...
The Tahitian Academy (ty: Te Fare Vānaʻa / fr: Académie tahitienne) is a cultural institution in French Polynesia with the purpose of preserving and promoting...
mutineers and Tahitians (or other Polynesians). Pitkern is a creole language derived from 18th-century English, with elements of the Tahitian language. It...
Eddie Lund and His Tahitians were a Tahitian music band led by Eddie Lund in the 1950s and 1960s. They were very popular with the style of music played...
Gibasis pellucida, also known as Tahitian bridal veil, is a trailing plant in the family Commelinaceae that is native to the West Indies, southwest Texas...
The Tahitian Football Federation (French: Fédération tahitienne de football) is the governing body of football in French Polynesia. The Tahiti's men national...
band, Eddie Lund and His Tahitians which released records on the ABC-Paramount, Decca and Tahiti labels. He picked up the Tahitian language quickly and secured...
Gardenia taitensis, also called Tahitian gardenia or tiaré flower, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is an evergreen tropical shrub that...
largest Polynesian population, followed by Samoans, Native Hawaiians, Tahitians, Tongans and Cook Islands Māori.[citation needed] As of 2012[update] there...
of French Polynesia, also known as Tahitians. In Tahiti and adjacent islands, the term Maohi (Mā’ohi in Tahitian language) refers to the ancestors of...
Phyllanthus acidus, known as the Otaheite gooseberry, Malay gooseberry, Tahitian gooseberry, country gooseberry, star gooseberry, starberry, arbari, West...
Spondias dulcis (syn. Spondias cytherea), known commonly as June plum, is a tropical tree, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit. In the English-speaking...
Tahitian Women on the Beach (French: Femmes de Tahiti) is an oil painting by the French artist Paul Gauguin. Depicting two Tahitian women, this piece...
Vanilla planifolia is a species of vanilla orchid native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. It is one of the primary sources for vanilla...
Bora Bora (French: Bora-Bora; Tahitian: Pora Pora) is an island group in the Leeward Islands in the South Pacific. The Leeward Islands comprise the western...
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French Polynesia 178,133
United States
New Zealand