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Trukic–Ponapeic languages

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Geographic distribution
  
Micronesia

Glottolog
  
pona1247

Subdivisions
  
Trukic Ponapeic

Linguistic classification
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Micronesian Proper Nuclear Micronesian Trukic–Pohnpeic

The Trukic–Ponapeic or Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages are a family of Micronesian languages consisting of two dialect continua, Trukic and Ponapeic. They are the westernmost and historically most recent Micronesian languages.

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Composition

  • Pohnpeic (Ponapeic)
  • Chuukic (Trukic)

    • Unique innovations

    Chuukic-Pohnpeic has several unique innovations that separates it as a subgroup from the rest of Nuclear Micronesian. Among the most prominent are historical sound changes from Proto Micronesian.

    Historical sound changes

    Chuukic-Pohnpeic languages share a number of historical sounds changes from Proto Oceanic and Proto Micronesian. Chuukic languages and Pohnpeic languages separately share later innovations.

    References

    Trukic–Ponapeic languages Wikipedia
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