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The total land area of French Polynesia is 3,521 square kilometres (1,359 sq mi), [2] with a population of 278,786 (Aug. 2022 census) [3] of which at least 205,000 live in the Society Islands and the remaining population lives in the rest of the archipelago. French Polynesia is divided into five island groups: Austral Islands; Gambier Islands
The Ma'ohi people first arrived to what is known today as French Polynesia over 2,300 years ago. The Ma'ohi include not only Tahiti but 17 surrounding islands in French Polynesia. It wasn't until the 18th century that external influence was introduced to the Ma'ohi people. In 1880 France seized control of Tahiti and its surrounding islands. [2]
On 9 September 1842, there was a protectorate treaty signed between Tahitians and the French. The agreement was for the "protection of indigenous property and the maintenance of a traditional judicial system." [17] In 1958 the islands in the area including Tahiti were "reconstituted as a French Overseas Territory and renamed French Polynesia". [18]
There are an estimated 2 million ethnic Polynesians and many of partial Polynesian descent worldwide, the majority of whom live in Polynesia, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. [40] The Polynesian peoples are listed below in their distinctive ethnic and cultural groupings, with estimates of the larger groups provided: Polynesia:
Tahitian is the most prominent of the indigenous Polynesian languages spoken in French Polynesia (reo māʼohi). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The latter also include: [ 4 ] Marquesan , spoken by about 8,000 people in the Marquesas Islands , with two sub-divisions, North-Western ( ʼeo ʼenana ) and South-Eastern ( ʼeo ʼenata )
French Polynesia, a territory: Polynesia formed from the Greek polynesia ("many islands"), a compound of polý-(πολύ, "many") and nēsos (νῆσος, "island"). French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a territory: Self-descriptive. See France at List of country-name etymologies and List of continent-name etymologies.
The exact origin of the word Bangla is unknown, though it is believed to come from "Vanga", an ancient kingdom mentioned in world's largest Epic Mahabharat even Ramayan and geopolitical division on the Ganges delta in the Indian subcontinent. It was located in southern Bengal, with the core region including present-day southern West Bengal ...
The pervasiveness of words of French origin that have been borrowed into English is comparable to that of borrowings from Latin. Estimates vary up, but up to 45% of all English words may have a French origin. [1] [verification needed] [better source needed] This suggests that up to 80,000 words should appear in this list.