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).

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

Sound Changes at the bottom

Sound Changes
Note: some words will be reconstructed from modern Hawaiian (being as that is the most documented oceanic language to my knowledge is Hawaiian).

Proto-Oceanic > Gambese

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Ideas: http://pacling.anu.edu.au/materials/Blust2013Austronesian.pdf
 * evidentiality
 * number agreement
 * French-ish grammar