Marquesan language

Marquesan
Èo ènana (North Marquesan)
Èo ènata (South Marquesan)
Native toFrench Polynesia
RegionMarquesas Islands, Tahiti
Native speakers
8,700 (2007 census)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mrq – North Marquesan
mqm – South Marquesan
Glottologmarq1246  Marquesan
nort2845  North Marquesan
sout2866  South Marquesan

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.