MICRONESIAN LANGUAGES

The family of 'Micronesian languages' is a branch of the Central-Eastern Oceanic languages. It consists of 20 languages, the 19 Micronesian Proper languages and Nauruan.

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Components

Alternate Classification

Components

★ Micronesian Proper languages

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★ Gilbertese or Kiribati

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★ Kosraean

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★ Marshallese

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★ Ponapeic-Trukic languages

★ Nauruan

Alternate Classification

A more detailed classification, following a one-way branching structure has also been proposed as follows:

★ Nauruan

★ Nuclear Micronesian

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★ Kosraean

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★ Central Micronesian

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★ Gilbertese or Kiribati

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★ Western Micronesian

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★ Marshallese

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★ Ponapeic-Trukic languages