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Micronesian
Geographic
distribution
Micronesia
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Central–Eastern Oceanic
        • Micronesian
Proto-languageProto-Micronesian
Subdivisions
  • Kosraean
  • Nauruan
  • Central Micronesian
Glottologmicr1243
  Micronesian
The Micronesian Languages

The twenty Micronesian languages form a family of Oceanic languages. Micronesian languages are known for their lack of plain labial consonants; they have instead two series, palatalized and labio-velarized labials, similar to the related Loyalty Islands languages.

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Micronesian languages

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The twenty Micronesian languages form a family of Oceanic languages. Micronesian languages are known for their lack of plain labial consonants; they have...

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Micronesians

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The Micronesians or Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. They...

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Melanesian languages

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Formosan languages (Northern) Western Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Melanesian languages (including Fijian) Micronesian languages Polynesian...

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Chuukese language

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that there are about 45,900 speakers in Micronesia. Chuukese is an Austronesian language of the Micronesian subbranch. It is one of the dialects making...

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Federated States of Micronesia

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"Seeking Micronesian literary writers", Marianas Variety, February 18, 2009 Archived September 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine "Micronesian Poet Publishes...

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Micronesia

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of mixed Micronesians, some of which have European ancestry. The largest group of languages spoken in Micronesia are the Micronesian languages. They are...

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Nauruan language

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is an Austronesian language, spoken natively in the island country of Nauru. Its relationship to the other Micronesian languages is not well understood...

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Micronesian

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Look up micronesian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Micronesian describes something of, from, or related to Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania composed...

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Marshallese language

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Mokilese, and Pohnpeian. Within the Micronesian archipelago, Marshallese—along with the rest of the Micronesian language group—is not as closely related to...

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Remote Oceanic languages

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are: Central Pacific languages Eastern Outer Islands languages Loyalty Islands languages Micronesian languages New Caledonian languages North and Central...

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Oceanic languages

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Vanuatu languages Loyalties-New Caledonia languages Micronesian languages Central Pacific languages Western Central Pacific linkage Rotuman language Western...

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Demographics of the Federated States of Micronesia

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States of Micronesia, which is predominantly Micronesian, consists of various ethnolinguistic groups. English has become the common language. Population...

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Japanese Micronesians

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traders and settlers with Micronesian wives, learned to speak some Micronesian languages. Japanese replaced the Micronesian languages as the lingua franca...

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Gilbertese language

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Kiribatese), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word Kiribati, the current...

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Kosraean language

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Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Kusaiean. A half-rounded, double back-vowel sound is phonemically...

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Chuukic languages

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(2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366. Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions:...

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Tobian language

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and the Central Carolines. Altogether, these languages form a sub-group within the Micronesian languages. The names of these dialects are the terms that...

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Pohnpeic languages

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branch of Micronesian in the Austronesian language family. The languages are primarily spoken in Pohnpei State of the Federated States of Micronesia. Mokilese...

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Mokilese language

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Mwokilese, or Mwoakilese, is a Micronesian language originally spoken on Mwoakilloa, Federated States of Micronesia. Of the 1200 Mokilese speakers, only...

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Chuukese people

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Chuukic branch of Micronesian languages, which is in turn part of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. The Malayo-Polynesian language family is a subdivision...

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Euronesian

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portmanteau for people of mixed European and either Polynesian, Melanesian or Micronesian descent. The term is most commonly used in Samoa and Fiji. Most Euronesians...

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Udon

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"Characteristics of Japanese Loanword Vocabulary in Micronesian Languages (The Remnants of Japanese in Micronesia)". Memoirs of the Faculty of Letters Osaka University...

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Pohnpei

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Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic phrase *fawo ni pei of the same meaning. Cognates in other Micronesian languages include Mokilese Pohnpei and Chuukese Fóónupi. The highest point...

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Voicelessness

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Algonquian Cheyenne, and the Caddoan language Arikara. It also occurs in Woleaian, in contrast to the other Micronesian languages, which instead delete it outright...

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Mokil Atoll

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inhabitants speak Mokilese — similar to the Pohnpeian language in the family of Micronesian languages. The name "Wellington Island" comes from the vessel...

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Motu language

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Malayo-Polynesian languages and bears some linguistic similarities to Polynesian and Micronesian languages. Motu is a typical Austronesian language in that it...

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