(new orthography) Kajin M̧ajeļ (old orthography) Kajin Majōl
Native to
Marshall Islands
Ethnicity
Marshallese
Native speakers
(55,000 cited 1979)[2]
Language family
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Micronesian
Micronesian Proper
Nuclear Micronesian
Marshallese
Writing system
Latin (Marshallese alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
Marshall Islands
Language codes
ISO 639-1
mh
ISO 639-2
mah
ISO 639-3
mah
Glottolog
mars1254
Map of Micronesian languages; Marshallese is spoken in the orange area.
Marshallese (Marshallese: Kajin M̧ajeļ or Kajin Majōl[kɑzʲinʲ(i)mˠɑːzʲɛlˠ]), also known as Ebon, is a Micronesian language spoken in the Marshall Islands. The language of the Marshallese people, it is spoken by nearly all of the country's population of 59,000, making it the principal language.[3] There are also roughly 27,000 Marshallese citizens residing in the United States,[4] nearly all of whom speak Marshallese, as well as residents in other countries such as Nauru and Kiribati.
There are two major dialects, the western Rālik and the eastern Ratak.
^"Marshallese". SIL International. Archived from the original on 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
^Marshallese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^"Population, total – Marshall Islands". The World Bank.
^Susanne Ruststaff (December 31, 2019). "They came here after the U.S. irradiated their islands. Now they face an uncertain future". Los Angeles Times.
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