Marquesic languages

Marquesic languages
Marquesic
Geographic
distribution:		 Polynesian islands
Linguistic classification: Austronesian
Subdivisions:
Marquesan languages
Mangarevan

Marquesic languages are a small but historically important subgroup of Central Eastern Polynesian languages:

  1. Marquesan languages of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. Some linguists consider the north and south Marquesan to be separate languages.
  2. Mangarevan, spoken in the Gambier Islands (also in French Polynesia)
  3. Hawaiian in its various forms
  4. Puka-Pukan, spoken in Puka-Puka and the Disappointment Islands in northeastern Tuamotu.

The closest relatives of the Marquesic Languages are Rapan, spoken on Rapa in the Austral Islands, and the Tahitic languages.

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