Marquesan language

Marquesan
Marquesan
ʻEo ʻenana (North Marquesan); ʻEo ʻenata (South Marquesan)
Native to	French Polynesia
Region	Marquesas Islands, Tahiti
Native speakers	8,700 (2007 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Polynesian Eastern Polynesian Marquesic Marquesan; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; mrq – North Marquesan; mqm – South Marquesan
Glottolog	marq1246 Marquesan; nort2845 North Marquesan; sout2866 South Marquesan
ELP	South Marquesan

Marquesan is a collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. They are usually classified into two groups, North Marquesan and South Marquesan, roughly along geographic lines.

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