Also Known As:
Marquesan, Marquesas-Inseln Sprache, Marquesas, Marquesan, South
Dialects & Varieties
- Fatu Hiva
- Hiva Oa
- Tahuta
Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS)
Bedrohter Sprachen, Dokumentation. Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS). http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/ (October, 2011)
Speakers
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Comments on speakers
Marquesan and French are used, partly in different and partly in the same domains of everyday life. Moreover, the speech of Marquesan adults is characterised by French-Marquesan code-switching and code-mixing (Riley 2001; Cablitz 2002).
Location and Context
Countries
Marquesas Island, French Polynesia
Location Description
Situated 1400 km northeast of Tahiti which is the political, economic, educational and administrative center of French Polynesia.
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Other Languages Used By The Community
French
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
Media and education
Writing Systems
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