My little lexique Marquesan is the antecedent to modern Polynesian languages. Tahitian and Hawaiian are dialects of ancient Marquesan. Though 1200 miles further away than Tahiti, the Hawaiian language more nearly parallels Marquesan than Tahitian. If you want to know more about the language, please consult the following page. MARQUESAN, SOUTH (French Polynesia) Dialect names HIVA OA, TAHUTA, ...