North Marquesan language
E157881
North Marquesan is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken primarily in the northern Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Marquesan language canonical | 5 |
| Marquesan languages | 2 |
| Marquesan languages continuum | 1 |
| Northern Marquesan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1308252 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Marquesan language Context triple: [Marquesic languages, hasMember, North Marquesan language]
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A.
Tahitian language
The Tahitian language is a Polynesian language spoken primarily in Tahiti and French Polynesia, known for its central role in Tahitian culture and as one of the major languages of the Eastern Polynesian subgroup.
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B.
Vella Lavella language
The Vella Lavella language is an Oceanic language spoken by the indigenous population of Vella Lavella Island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
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C.
Rapa Nui language
The Rapa Nui language is a Polynesian language spoken by the indigenous people of Easter Island, known for its close relation to other Eastern Polynesian languages and its role in preserving the island’s unique cultural heritage.
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D.
Niuean language
The Niuean language is a Polynesian language spoken primarily on the island nation of Niue and by its diaspora, sharing close linguistic ties with other languages of the region.
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E.
Temotu languages
Temotu languages are a small group of Oceanic languages spoken in the Temotu (Santa Cruz) Province of the southeastern Solomon Islands, notable for their unique features and relative isolation within the Austronesian family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Marquesan language Target entity description: North Marquesan is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken primarily in the northern Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
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A.
Tahitian language
The Tahitian language is a Polynesian language spoken primarily in Tahiti and French Polynesia, known for its central role in Tahitian culture and as one of the major languages of the Eastern Polynesian subgroup.
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B.
Vella Lavella language
The Vella Lavella language is an Oceanic language spoken by the indigenous population of Vella Lavella Island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
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C.
Rapa Nui language
The Rapa Nui language is a Polynesian language spoken by the indigenous people of Easter Island, known for its close relation to other Eastern Polynesian languages and its role in preserving the island’s unique cultural heritage.
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D.
Niuean language
The Niuean language is a Polynesian language spoken primarily on the island nation of Niue and by its diaspora, sharing close linguistic ties with other languages of the region.
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E.
Temotu languages
Temotu languages are a small group of Oceanic languages spoken in the Temotu (Santa Cruz) Province of the southeastern Solomon Islands, notable for their unique features and relative isolation within the Austronesian family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Eastern Polynesian language ⓘ Oceanic language ⓘ Polynesian language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
North Marquesan
ⓘ
ʻEnana ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Hawaiian language
ⓘ
Māori language ⓘ South Marquesan language ⓘ Tahitian language ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottologCode | nort2838 ⓘ |
| glottologName | North Marquesan ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Nuku Hiva dialect
ⓘ
Ua Huka dialect ⓘ Ua Pou dialect ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | predominantly analytic ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | several thousand speakers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottal stop
ⓘ
simple vowel inventory ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | mrq ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Marquesic subgroup ⓘ |
| region |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
French Polynesia
ⓘ
Marquesas Islands ⓘ northern Marquesas Islands ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Eastern Polynesian languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Polynesian languages
|
| usedFor |
dailyCommunication
ⓘ
oralTradition ⓘ traditionalSongs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
culturalRevitalizationEfforts
ⓘ
localEducationPrograms ⓘ |
| wordOrder | VSO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: North Marquesan language Description of subject: North Marquesan is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken primarily in the northern Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: North Marquesan language
linked to: North Marquesan language
linked to: North Marquesan language
linked to: North Marquesan language