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Polynesian languages are all members of the family of Oceanic languages, a sub-branch of the Austronesian language family. Polynesian languages show a considerable degree of similarity. The vowels are generally the same—/a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/, pronounced as in Italian, Spanish, and German—and the consonants are always followed by a vowel.
French Polynesia is located in Oceania. It is a group of six archipelagos in the South Pacific Ocean , about halfway between South America and Australia . Its area is about 4,167 km 2 (around 130 islands), [ 1 ] of which 3,827 km 2 is land and 340 km 2 is (inland) water.
The climate of the islands is tropical. Temperature is warm year-round, with little seasonal variation. The southern and northern islands are within the trade wind belt, and regularly receive 1,500 and 3,000 mm of annual rainfall. The islands within 5° latitude of the equator receive less than 1000 mm annually, with periodic droughts. [1]
The Western Polynesian tropical moist forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in Polynesia. It includes Tuvalu , the Phoenix Islands in Kiribati , Tokelau , and Howland and Baker islands, which are possessions of the United States.
The climate of the islands varies between tropical and subtropical due to their size. The heat and very high humidity, together with the islands' fertile volcanic soils, have created dense, mostly inaccessible tropical forests. There are two seasons: a warm one, which lasts from November to March, and a cooler one, from April to October.
The climate ranges from tropical in the northern Tuamotus, with a mean annual temperature of 27 °C to subtropical in the Pitcairn Islands, which have a mean annual temperature of 23 °C. Average annual rainfall is generally between 1,500 and 2,000 mm, with more rainfall on the windward eastern slopes of the high islands from easterly trade winds.
Pacific Island and Polynesian baby names: 86 baby names from the Pacific Islands to consider for parents looking for rare, distinctive and usual names.
Invasive species in the park include the plants Miconia calvescens, Rubus rosifolius, Spathodea campanulata, and Tecoma stans, along with black rats and Polynesian rats. [5] Temehani Ute Ute Management Area on Raiatea was established in 2010, and has an area of 69 ha. It protects a forested plateau between 415 and 817 meters elevation.