Marquesan (nort2845-1)

Dialect: Nukuhiva

Lynch, John. Marquesan. 2002. hh:s:Lynch:Marquesan

Consonants (11)

p t k ʔ
{f} v {s}
m n
h
{r}

Vowels (10)

i u
e o
a

Notes

Southern Marquesan preserves /f/, which in Nukuhiva has become /h/. Proto-Oceanic *l *r *R have become /ʔ/.

A non-phonemic glide occurs between some adjacent vowels: /ʔi hea/ [ʔiheja].