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Chuukese
Total population
c. 55,000
Regions with significant populations
Chuukese people Micronesia 51,000
Chuukese people Chuuk State
Chuukese people United Statesc. 10,500
Languages
Chuukese, English
Religion
60% Roman Catholic
40% Protestantism, Mormonism, other[1]
Related ethnic groups
Micronesian peoples, Austronesian peoples

The Chuukese, previously spelled Trukese, are a Micronesian-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the island of Chuuk and its surrounding islands and atolls. They constitute almost 49% of the population of the Federated States of Micronesia, making them by far the largest ethnic group in the country.

  1. ^ "Micronesia, Federated States of: International Religious Freedom Report 2007". U.S. Department of State. 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

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Chuukese people

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The Chuukese, previously spelled Trukese, are a Micronesian-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the island of Chuuk and its surrounding islands and atolls...

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Chuukese

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Chuukese (also Trukese) may refer to: anything from Chuuk State Chuuk Lagoon Chuukese people Chuukese language This disambiguation page lists articles...

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Micronesians

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(Northern Mariana Islands), Chamorros (Guam & Northern Mariana Islands), Chuukese, Mortlockese, Namonuito, Paafang, Puluwat and Pollapese (Chuuk), I-Kiribati...

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Micronesia

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traditional Chamorro number system was replaced by Spanish numbers. The Chuukese people are an ethnic group in Oceania. They constitute 48% of the population...

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Carolinian people

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Refaluwasch people are a Micronesian ethnic group who originated in Oceania, in the Caroline Islands, with a total population of over 8,500 people in the Northern...

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Chuuk

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Weno, in Chuuk State, Micronesia Chuukese language, a language of the Austronesian language family Chuukese people, an ethnic group in Oceania This disambiguation...

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Chuuk State

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human settlements appeared in Chuuk during the 14th century CE, as the Chuukese culture was formed. The first sighting recorded by Europeans was made by...

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Proposed Chuukese independence referendum

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members. Independence is also seen as a way to strengthen Chuukese identity and safeguard Chuukese culture. Independence advocates claim that an independent...

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Demographics of the Federated States of Micronesia

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Micronesian(s) adjective: Micronesian; Kosraean(s), Pohnpeian(s), Chuukese, Yapese Ethnic groups: Chuukese 49.3%, Pohnpeian 29.8%, Kosraean 6.3%, Yapese 5.7%, other...

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Palikir

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capital in the world. The nationality of the people is Micronesian with the most common ethnicities being Chuukese, Kosraeans, Pohnpeian, and Yapese. English...

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List of ethnic religions

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traditional beliefs Micronesian religion Carolinian religion Chamorro religion Chuukese religion Nauruan indigenous religion Polynesian narrative Cook Islands...

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Micronesian Americans

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the Micronesian emigrants to the U.S. under the compact were heavily Chuukese, with most of them settling in Guam and Saipan. When both of these islands...

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Woleai script

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standardized. In 1905 a lost missionary named Alfred Snelling and his Chuukese crew landed on Eauripik, a Woleaian-speaking atoll 100 km to the southwest...

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Austronesian peoples

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Malay rumah, Acehnese rumòh, Sawai um, Rotinese uma, Torau ruma, and Chuukese iimw. Cognates include Tagalog báhay, Cebuano baláy, Malay balai, Balinese...

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Mori Koben

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commander, Mori authored a thesis on the culture and customs of the Chuukese people, and was later used by the military administration in drafting local...

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Carolinian language

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Satawalese, 88% with Woleaian and Puluwatese; 81% with Mortlockese; 78% with Chuukese, 74% with Ulithian. The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas occupies...

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Polynesians

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Department of Labour Archived 7 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine "Chuukese and Papua New Guinean Populations Fastest Growing Pacific Islander Groups...

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Chuukic languages

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historically native Chamorro people. Sonsorol and Tobian (close enough to each other to often be considered dialects) Chuukese Woleaian and Ulithian Puluwatese...

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John Haglelgam

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the Chuukese independence movement prior to the referendum scheduled for 2019. He described proponents of independence as "clinical crazy people". Haglelgam...

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Isidore Dyen

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data from Chuukese led to a monograph On the history of the Trukese vowels (1949), which brilliantly demonstrated how the nine vowels of Chuukese had derived...

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List of Indigenous peoples

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Micronesian peoples. Micronesians Chamorro people: Northern Marianas and Guam Carolinians: Northern Marianas Yapese, Kosraeans, Chuukese, Pohnpeians,...

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Pacific Islander

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Carolinians (Caroline Islands), Chamorros (Guam and Northern Mariana Islands), Chuukese (Chuuk), I-Kiribati (Kiribati), Kosraeans (Kosrae), Marshallese (Marshall...

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Pohnpeian language

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native language of the Federated States of Micronesia the first being Chuukese. Pohnpeian features a "high language", referred to as Meing or Mahsen en...

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Losap

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outer islands have different ways of saying Chuukese words; their accent is different from the Chuuk Lagoon people. For example, these are the way some of...

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Demographics of Guam

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Guamanians adjective: Guamanian Chamorro 37.3% Filipino 26.3% White 7.1% Chuukese 7% Korean 2.2% Other Pacific Islander 2% Other Asian 2% Chinese 1.6% Palauan...

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Mortlockese language

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with Chuukese, though marked with a distinct Mortlockese accent.[citation needed] Linguistic patterns show that Mortlockese is converging with Chuukese since...

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Chuuk Lagoon

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British and Canadian forces during June 1945. Chuuk means mountain in the Chuukese language. The lagoon was known mainly as Truk (a mispronunciation of Ruk[citation...

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Demographics of California

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Micronesian, Melanesian, Japanese, and other East Asian ancestries. Many Chuukese or Trukese live in San Diego. Note: Births in table do not add up, because...

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Dusun Balangan language

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Halong language is one of the Dayak languages spoken by the Halong Dayak people in the Balangan Regency, South Kalimantan, and in the village of Tanjung...

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