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             Marquesic

Marquesic Languages
Spoken in:	Eastern Polynesia
Genetic classification:	Austronesian

Marquesic Languages are a small but historically important subgroup of East Central 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. Pukapukan, 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.

External links

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• Ethnologue classification of Marquesic languages

Languages of French Polynesia | Marquesic languages