2006-08-21 02:44:24 · 3 answers · asked by Bru 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The Hawaiian language and the languages of Marquesas are very closely related. They are both members of the Marquesic branch of the Austronesian language family. That means that these languages will have many words and grammatical structures that are similar, even though speakers won't be able to understand each other.
2006-08-21 04:42:36 · answer #1 · answered by Cunning Linguist 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The Hawaiian and the Marquesas islands are
both Polynesian and the Polynesian languages
are all similar. Some Polynesian speakers can
understand the speech of people from other islands, some can not. It depends on how
different the languages have become. I would
expect the Hawaiian and Marquesan languages
to be mutually intelligible, because both are near
the edges of Polynesia and were probably settled
at about the same time. Hawaii may even have
been settled by people from the Marquesas, but
there are other island for which the same claim
has been made.
2006-08-21 16:11:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hawaiian and Marquesan are not mutually intelligible, but they are very closely related. The Hawaiians came from the Marquesas.
2006-08-21 16:25:41 · answer #3 · answered by Taivo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋