Turo a Raapoto or Turo Raapoto (sometimes spelled Duro Raapoto) (16 March 1948 — 7 May 2014)[1] was a French Polynesian linguist, writer and theologian. He was the son of religious leader Samuel Raapoto[1] and the brother of academic Jean-Marius Raapoto and journalist Etienne Raapoto.[2]
Raapoto was born in Raiatea.[1] In 1975, he joined Jacqui Drollet and Henri Hiro to found Ia Mana Te Nunaa ("Power to the People"), a radical pro-independence party opposed to nuclear testing.[1][3][4] His work on the Tahitian language and culture helped re-establish Maohi cultural identity.[3] As a linguist he is notable for designing a graphical system for transcribing the Tahitian language. This system was also adopted for other languages of French Polynesia: in particular, it was adopted in 2001 by the Marquesan Academy, to transcribe the Marquesan language.[5]
Raapoto was a member of the Maohi Protestant Church.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Duro Raapoto est mort" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Jean-Marius Raapoto nommé au grade d'officier dans l'ordre de Tahiti Nui" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ a b c Tajim Monod; Jacques Vernaudon. "Turo Raapoto, l'indigné (1948-2014)" (in French). Vice-Rectorat de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Ia Mana Te Nunaa, a new political force in French Polynesia". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 53, no. 8. 1 August 1982. p. 21-23. Retrieved 25 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Te patuhei a te Haè tuhuka èo ènana - Graphie de l'Académie marquisienne - (MAJ 01/09/2022)" (in French). Académie marquisienne. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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