The plant or its roots are referred to in most Polynesian languages as tī.

Leaders of the group use obscure titles that combine words from several Polynesian languages.

All Polynesian languages show strong similarity, particularly in vocabulary.

Certain regular correspondences can be noted between different Polynesian languages.

The latter method has come into common use in Polynesian languages.

Note: many Polynesian languages have a glottal stop, which in most of them is seldom written, however.

Tao is a word in Polynesian languages and can have a number of different meanings.

They speak Tuvaluan, a Polynesian language and number around a thousand.

It occurs a small subset of people words in most Polynesian languages.

In most other Polynesian languages, the cognate words refer to sharks or simply fish.