Marquesan, North
A language of French Polynesia
| Population | 3,400 in French Polynesia (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Population total all countries: 3,690. |
| Region | Marquesas Islands: Hatutu, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou islands. Also in United States. |
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French Polynesia |
| Dialects | Hatutu, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou. Wurm and Hattori (1981) list North Marquesan and South Marquesan [mqm] as 2 languages. North Marquesan dialects all inherently intelligible. 50% intelligibility with Tahitian [tah]. Lexical similarity: 45%–67% with Tahitian [tah], 73% with Mangareva [mrv] and Rarotonga [rar], 70% with Hawaiian [haw], 29% with Tuamotuan [pmt]. |
| 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 | NT: 1995. |
| Comments | Fishermen; agriculturalists: breadfruit, coconut, banana, manioc, taro, melon, sweet potato, lettuce, tomato, orange, grapefruit, coffee; copra production. |
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