Chk

Also Known As: Lagoon Chuukese,Ruk,Truk,Chuuk,Trukese,Chuukese Description: 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..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Chuukese Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/chk/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png Rosetta Document Collection Genesis Translation: 1 (download) (browse) Universal Declaration Of Human Rights: 1 (download) (browse)

Overview Main Country: Federated States of Micronesia Spoken In: Regions: Oceania ISO 639-3 Code: chk Classification Taxonomy 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                         Chuukese Language