In New Rapa , the Tahitian elements are phonologically modified as an attempt to create words that sound more similar to Old Rapa instead of Tahitian .
New Rapa is different from Reo Rapa because speakers can definitively tell which words originated from Old Rapa and which from Tahitian .
In New Rapa , the Tahitian elements are phonologically modified as an attempt to create words that sound more similar to Old Rapa   instead of Tahitian .
New Rapa is different from Reo Rapa because speakers can definitively tell which words originated from Old Rapa and which from Tahitian .