Explore: Marquesan Language

two groups, North Marquesan and South Marquesan, roughly along geographic lines. The most striking feature of the Marquesan languages is their almost universal

Marquises or Marquises [maʁkiz]; Marquesan: Te Henua ʻEnana (North Marquesan) and Te Fenua ʻEnata (South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men")

of the Polynesian outliers, was colonized by Marquesan descendants centered in Tahiti. Native Marquesan culture was devastated in the period following

Marquesas have distinct forms of Marquesan geography, Marquesan language, and Marquesan culture. While there is no native Marquesan name to differentiate between

Austronesian language family. It is closely related to other Polynesian languages, such as Samoan, Marquesan, Tahitian, Māori, Rapa Nui (the language of Easter

selection of languages: Tongan; Niuean; Samoan; Sikaiana; Takuu; North Marquesan; South Marquesan; Mangarevan; Hawaiian; Rapanui language; Tahitian; Māori

appearing variously as Havaiki, Havaiʻi, or ʻAvaiki in other Polynesian languages. Hawaiki or the misspelling "Hawaiiki" appear to have become the most

tʃiˈvile di sulidariˈta] Franco-Provençal: pakte sivilo dè solidaritâ Marquesan: tekaotui pātoko Occitan: pacte civil de solidaritat, pronounced [ˈpatte

century as companions for European settlers. There are two words in the Marquesan language for dog: peto, used in the Northern Marquesas, and nuhe, used in the

matariki or similar, referring to the Pleiades, is found in many Polynesian languages. In the Marquesas the star cluster is known as Mataiʻi or Mataʻiki, in