Chuukese Language (chk) - Revision history

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Also Known As: Lagoon Chuukese,Ruk,Truk,Chuuk,Trukese,Chuukese Des...
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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Lagoon Chuukese,Ruk,Truk,Chuuk,Trukese,Chuukese

<b>Description:</b>

Chuukese (also called Trukese) is a Trukic language of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. There are some speakers on Pohnpei and Guam as well. Estimates place the number of speakers at about 45,000 including second-language speakers.
The language of Chuuk belongs to the enormous Malayo-Polynesian family, one of the major branches of the Austronesian language phylum. The other major branches, known collectively as the Formosan languages, are only found on Taiwan, whereas the Malayo-Polynesian branches consist of languages that are distributed all through the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Madagascar.
Chuukese falls within the Nuclear Micronesian subdivision of the Oceanic division of the Austronesian language phylum. This subdivision consists of Kiribati, Marshallese, Kosraean, Nauruan, and the Ponapeic-Trukic language groups. The Ponapeic group consists of dialects spoken on Pohnpei, Mwoakiloa, Pingelap, and Sapwuahfik. Languages in the Trukic group are closely related and extend over most of the Caroline Islands, from the Mortlock Islands southeast of Chuuk to the atolls in<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=2636122 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Chuukese Language Speakers</h2>
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
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<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_chk_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_chk_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Universal Declaration Of Human Rights:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_chk_undec-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_chk_undec-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/federated_states_of_micronesia Federated States of Micronesia]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/oceania Oceania]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>chk</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Austronesian Group]]

    [[Malayo-Polynesian Group]]

      [[Central-Eastern Group]]

        [[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Group]]

          [[Oceanic Group]]

            [[Central-Eastern Oceanic Group]]

              [[Remote Oceanic Group]]

                [[Micronesian Group]]

                  [[Micronesian Proper Group]]

                    [[Ponapeic-Trukic Group]]

                      [[Trukic Group]]

                        <b>[[Chuukese Language]]</b>

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