Chuukese language

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Chuukese
Trukese
Native to Federated States of Micronesia
Region Chuuk
Native speakers
 unknown (51,000 cited 2000 census)[1]
Official status
Official language in
 Federated States of Micronesia
Language codes
ISO 639-2 chk
ISO 639-3 chk
Glottolog chuu1238[2]

Chuukese /tʃuːˈkiːz/, also rendered Trukese /trʌˈkiːz/,[3] is a Trukic language of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. There are communities of speakers on Pohnpei and Guam as well. Estimates show that there are about 45,900 speakers in Micronesia.[1]

Phonology

Chuukese has the unusual feature of permitting word-initial geminate (double) consonants. The common ancestor of Western Micronesian languages is believed to have had this feature, but most of its modern descendants have lost it.[4]

Truk and Chuuk are a difference in orthography, and both older tr and current ch transcribe the sound [tʂ].

References

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External links

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chuukese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  3. ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh
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