Marquesan, South
A language of French Polynesia
| Population | 2,100 (Wurm and Hattori 1981). |
| Region | Marquesas Islands: Hiva Oa, Tahuta, Fatu Hiva islands. |
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| Dialects | Hiva Oa, Tahuta, Fatu Hiva. Dialects listed are inherently intelligible. Wurm and Hattori (1981) list North Marquesan as a separate language. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Marquesic |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1858–1905. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Fishermen; agriculturalists. |
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