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Trukic languages

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Geographic distribution
  
Micronesia

Glottolog
  
truk1243

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

Trukic, also rendered Chuukic, is a subgroup of the Chuukic–Pohnpeic family of the Austronesian language family. The languages are primarily spoken in Chuuk State and Yap State of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Languages

  • Sonsorol and Tobian (close enough to each other to often be considered dialects)
  • Chuukese
  • Woleaian and Ulithian
  • Puluwatese, Namonuito, and Tanapag
  • Carolinian
  • Satawalese and Mortlockese (closely related)
  • Pááfang
  • Mapia (extinct)

    • References

    Trukic languages Wikipedia
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