The Sound of the Marquesan language (Numbers, Greetings & Sample Text) |
Description: This video was made for educational purposes only. Non profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All credits belong to the rightful owners. Language documentation and preservation. Marquesan [ʻEo ʻenana (North Marquesan), ʻEo ʻenata (South Marquesan)'> Region: Marquesas Islands, Tahiti Native speakers: 8,700 (2007 census) Language family: Austronesian ISO 639-3 Either: mrq – North Marquesan mqm – South Marquesan Glottolog: nort2845 North, sout2866 South Marquesan is a collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. They are usually classified into two groups, North Marquesan and South Marquesan, roughly along geographic lines. Spoken by around 8,700 speakers. The Marquesas Islands are located in French Polynesia, an overseas land (domaine d’outre mer) of France. They have their own territorial president and make their own laws, but their head of state is the president of France and the islands are partly administered by representatives of the French government (commissaires) at the national and regional levels. All credit goes to rightful owners :D LINKS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marques... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marques... https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mrq https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt... http://dobes.mpi.nl/projects/marquesan/ https://www.jw.org/en/ Music: • Hawaiian Instrumental Music - Blue Surf Want your beautiful language to be featured? My email: [email protected] 
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