South Marquesan

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South Marquesan is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken in the southern part of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Marquesan (South) 2
South Marquesan canonical 2
Southern Marquesas Islands 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Polynesian language
Polynesian language
language
closelyRelatedTo North Marquesan
continent Australia and Oceania
linked to: Oceania
country France
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Marquesan (South)
linked to: South Marquesan

South Marquesan language
hasAncestor Proto-Marquesic
Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
Proto-Polynesian
hasCategory inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
singular dual plural number in pronouns
hasDialect Fatu Hiva dialect
Hiva Oa dialect
Tahuata dialect
hasGlottocode sout2925
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between long and short vowels
small consonant inventory typical of Polynesian languages
ISO639-3Code mqm
isPartOf languages of French Polynesia
languageFamily Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Marquesic
Oceanic
Polynesian
morphologyType analytic
officialStatus recognized regional language in French Polynesia
region Oceania
Pacific Ocean
spokenIn French Polynesia
Marquesas Islands
southern Marquesas Islands
spokenOn Fatu Hiva
Hiva Oa
Tahuata
subclassOf Marquesic language
linked to: Marquesic languages

Nuclear Polynesian language
typology predominantly VSO word order
usedAlongside French
Tahitian
linked to: Tahitian language
usedIn local cultural practices
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

South Marquesan language glottologName South Marquesan
South Marquesan language hasAlternativeName Marquesan (South)
linked to: South Marquesan
Taiohae hasLanguage Marquesan
linked to: South Marquesan
Tahuata subregion Southern Marquesas Islands
linked to: South Marquesan
Marquesans mainIslandGroup Southern Marquesas Islands
linked to: South Marquesan
ʻEnana (southern variety) spokenIn southern Marquesas Islands
linked to: South Marquesan
North Marquesan closelyRelatedTo South Marquesan
South Marquesan hasAlternativeName Marquesan (South)
linked to: South Marquesan