Gambese

General Information
Gambese is a Marquesic (branch of polynesian) language deriving from Proto-Hawaiian. It is spoken mainly on the Gambier islands along with Mangeravan and French (the latter has a large influence on its lexicon with most loans taken from French). Gambese is heavily relient on a set word order and specific syntax.

Language name goes from left to right: English, French, Gambese

Sound Changes at the bottom

Lexicon

 * Lexicon
 * /Swadesh List/ (English, Gambese, Hawaiian, Fijian, Malay)

Sentences

 * GSFA 1
 * /GSFA 2/

Lit.

 * Lord's Prayer

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 * Tower of Babel

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Sound Changes
Note: some words will be reconstructed from modern Hawaiian.

Proto-Oceanic > Gambese

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Ideas: http://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/files/publication/j2015_3_01_8080.pdf
 * evidentiality
 * number agreement
 * French-ish grammar