Explore: Polynesian Dialects

Marquesan is a collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. They are usually

earliest dialects on those far-flung lands. Contacts were mediated especially through the Tovata confederacy of Fiji. This is where most Fijian-Polynesian linguistic

The Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family. There are 38 Polynesian languages

The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages

a Malayo-Polynesian dialect chain spoken Idalaka people in East Timor. The name is a portmanteau of Idaté and Lakalai. The Idalaka dialects are closely

Tuamotuan, are really dialect continua formed by a patchwork of different dialects. The distinction between languages and dialects is notoriously difficult

(ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐiʔi]) is a critically endangered Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family, originating in and native

reduplicated syllable – e.g. lelei 'good' in Northern dialects becomes llei in Southern dialects. Contraction of the definite article te – e.g. te tagata

Caledonians were of Algerian descent. French (official) 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects Religion in New Caledonia according to the Global Religious Landscape

Rapa Iti, or "Little Rapa", to distinguish it from Easter Island, whose Polynesian name is Rapa Nui, is the largest and only inhabited island of the Bass