Mqm

Description: South Marquesan is the Marquesic, East Central Polynesian language spoken in the southern Marquesas Islands, as well as on Ua Huka in the northern Marquesas. The three most noticeable differences between it and North Marquesan are its preference for /n/, /f/ and /ʔ/ (glottal stop) in some cases where North Marquesan uses /k/, /h/ and /k/. This difference can be seen in such pairs as Even the name of the island Ua Huka is, in South Marquesan, "Ua Huna". The dialects fall roughly into four groups:..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Marquesan, South Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/mqm/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: French Polynesia Spoken In: Regions: Oceania ISO 639-3 Code: mqm Classification Taxonomy Central-Eastern Group   Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Group     Oceanic Group       Central-Eastern Oceanic Group         Remote Oceanic Group           Central Pacific Group             East Fijian-Polynesian Group               Polynesian Group                 Nuclear Polynesian Group                   East Nuclear Group                     Central East Group                       Marquesic Group                         Marquesan, South Language