Eastern Polynesian languages

The marque Saxon languages ​​(English Marquesic languages ​​, also: Marquesas group ) are a subgroup of the Polynesian languages ​​within the large Austronesian language family. The language group with a total of 8,500 speakers comprised of three separate languages ​​( in square brackets, the language code according to ISO 639-3 are specified):

  • Hawaiian [ haw ] (1,000 speakers)
  • Mangareva [ mrv ] ( 2000 )
  • Marquesanisch dialects: Northern [ mrq ] ( 3,400 ), South [ mqm ] ( 2100 )

Hawaiian is Hawaii (USA) spoke, the other two languages ​​in French Polynesia (on Mangareva and the Marquesas Islands). Some researchers consider North and South Marquesanisch for two separate languages.

Note the distinction Marquesic ( language group ) - Marquesan (single language ) in English.

Studies based on the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database ( University of Auckland, New Zealand), however, suggest that the Hawaiian is classified in the Tahitian group (English Tahitic ).

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