Marquesic languages

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Marquesic
Geographic
distribution:		 Polynesian islands
Genetic
classification:		 Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
  Nuclear MP
   Central-Eastern MP
    Eastern MP
     Oceanic
      Central-Eastern
       Central Pacific
        East Fijian-Polynesian
         Polynesian
          Nuclear Polynesian
           Eastern Polynesian
            Central Eastern
             Marquesic
Subdivisions:
Marquesan languages
Mangarevan
Hawaiian

Marquesic Languages are a small but historically important subgroup of Central Eastern Polynesian languages:

  1. Marquesan languages of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia
  2. Mangarevan, spoken in the Gambier Islands (also in French Polynesia)
  3. Hawaiian in its various forms
  4. Puka-Pukan, spoken in Puka-Puka and the Disappointment Islands in northeastern Tuamotu.

The closest relatives of the Marquesic Languages are Rapan, spoken on Rapa in the Austral Islands, and the Tahitic languages.

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