Micronesian languages

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The Micronesian languages with a total of about 295,000 speakers belong to the Malayo-Polynesian languages , by far the most important and speaker-rich subgroup of the Austronesian languages .

Classification of the Micronesian languages

Share of speakers of Micronesian languages

The group of Micronesian languages ​​comprises 21 individual languages. A subgroup known as Core Micronesian comprises 20 languages, including some. a. Kiribati , often called Gilbertian in the past, and Chuukesian . The Nauruan language forms its own subgroup.

Micronesian (21 languages ​​with a total of 295,000 speakers):

  1. Nauruan:
    1. Nauruan (6,000, Nauru )
  2. Nuclear Micronesian:
    1. Kiribati (120,000, Kiribati )
    2. Kosraean (9,000, Kosrae )
    3. Marshallese (55,000, Marshall Islands )
    4. Pohnpean:
      1. Mokilesian (1,500, Mokil )
      2. Pingelapisch (3,000, Pingelap )
      3. Pohnpeanian (29,000, Pohnpei )
    5. Chuukesian:
      1. Chuukesian (51,330, Chuuk )
      2. Carolinian (3,100, Northern Mariana Islands )
      3. Mapian (†, Mapia )
      4. Mortlockese (5,900, Mortlock Islands )
      5. Namonuitonic (940, Namonuito )
      6. Pááfang (1,300, Hall Islands )
      7. Pulapese (900, Pulap )
      8. Puluwatian (1,400, Puluwat )
      9. Satawale (500, Satawal )
      10. Sonsorolese (400, Sonsorol Islands )
      11. Tanapag (10, Saipan )
      12. Tobian (150, Tobi )
      13. Ulithic (3,000, Ulithi )
      14. Woleaian (1,700, Woleai )

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