South Marquesan language

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South Marquesan is a Polynesian language spoken in the southern part of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, closely related to other Marquesic languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
Polynesian language
closelyRelatedTo Hawaiian language
Mangarevan language
North Marquesan language
Rapa Nui language
Rarotongan language
Tahitian language
country France
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottologCode sout2852
glottologName South Marquesan
hasAlternativeName South Marquesan
surface form: Marquesan (South)

ʻEnana (southern variety)
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
Proto-Oceanic language
Proto-Polynesian language
hasDialects dialects of individual southern Marquesan islands
hasLinguisticTypology analytic language
hasMorphologicalFeature use of possessive classifiers
verb–subject–object basic word order
hasPhonologicalFeature loss of some Proto-Polynesian consonant distinctions
relatively small consonant inventory
hasStressPattern typically penultimate stress
hasSyllableStructure predominantly open syllables (CV)
ISO639-3Code mqm
isPartOf North Marquesan language
surface form: Marquesan languages continuum
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Marquesic languages
Oceanic languages
Polynesian languages
minorityLanguageIn French Polynesia
region Oceania
spokenBy Marquesans
surface form: Marquesan people
spokenIn French Polynesia
Marquesas Islands
Marquesas Islands
surface form: southern Marquesas Islands
subclassOf Marquesic language
Nuclear Polynesian language
usedIn local education programs
local oral tradition
traditional chants and songs
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Marquesic languages hasMember South Marquesan language
Marquesic languages hasMember South Marquesan language
this entity surface form: Marquesan languages
Marquesic languages hasSubgroup South Marquesan language
this entity surface form: Marquesan languages
Cook Islands Māori language closelyRelatedTo South Marquesan language
this entity surface form: Marquesan languages
Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia languageUsed South Marquesan language
subject surface form: Atuona
this entity surface form: Marquesan language
Tahitian language closelyRelatedTo South Marquesan language
this entity surface form: Marquesan languages
North Marquesan language closelyRelatedTo South Marquesan language
Commune of Hiva Oa hasRegionalLanguage South Marquesan language