North Marquesan

E651963

North Marquesan is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken primarily in the northern Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
North Marquesan canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Polynesian language
Polynesian language
language
closelyRelatedTo Hawaiian
Māori
Rapa Nui language
South Marquesan
Tahitian
linked to: Tahitian language
continent Oceania
country France
endangeredStatus vulnerable
geographicDistribution Nuku Hiva
Ua Huka
Ua Pou
glottologCode nort2838
glottologName North Marquesan
governingTerritory French Polynesia
hasAlternativeName Northern Marquesan
ʻEnana language
hasDialect Nuku Hiva dialect
Ua Huka dialect
Ua Pou dialect
hasMorphologicalFeature predominantly analytic morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature small consonant inventory
typical Polynesian vowel system
hasSyntacticFeature verb–subject–object word order
iso639-3Code mrq
isPartOf Marquesan languages
languageBranch Polynesian
languageCodeStandard ISO 639-3
languageFamily Austronesian
languageGroup Oceanic
languageSubbranch Eastern Polynesian
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian
macrolanguageRelation Marquesan macrolanguage
linked to: Marquesan languages
primaryUse cultural expression
everyday communication
oral tradition
region Marquesas Islands
spokenIn French Polynesia
northern Marquesas Islands
subclassOf Marquesic language
linked to: Marquesic languages
usedBy Marquesan people of the northern Marquesas
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Marquesan language glottologName North Marquesan
North Marquesan language alternativeName North Marquesan
North Marquesan glottologName North Marquesan
South Marquesan closelyRelatedTo North Marquesan