ʻEnana (southern variety)

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ʻEnana (southern variety) is a dialect of the South Marquesan language spoken in the southern part of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.

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ʻEnana (southern variety) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of South Marquesan
belongsTo Polynesian cultural area
closelyRelatedTo North Marquesan language
ʻEnana (northern variety)
country French Polynesia
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
Proto-Polynesian language
hasGlottocode sout2851
hasISO639-3Code mqm
hasLinguasphereCode 39-CAJ-da
isDialectOf South Marquesan language
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Marquesic languages
Nuclear Polynesian languages
Polynesian languages
partOf South Marquesan language
region Pacific Ocean
spokenIn Marquesas Islands
southern Marquesas Islands
linked to: South Marquesan
subdivisionOf South Marquesan language
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order
glottal stop as phoneme
phonemic vowel length
prepositional language
usedBy indigenous inhabitants of southern Marquesas Islands
usedIn local rituals and ceremonies in southern Marquesas
oral tradition of southern Marquesas
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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South Marquesan language hasAlternativeName ʻEnana (southern variety)