Chuukic languages
Subgroup of the Chuukic–Pohnpeic family of the Austronesian language family
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::summary Subgroup of the Chuukic–Pohnpeic family of the Austronesian language family ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox language family"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| altname | Trukic |
| name | Chuukic |
| region | Micronesia |
| familycolor | Austronesian |
| fam2 | Malayo-Polynesian |
| fam3 | Oceanic |
| fam4 | Micronesian |
| fam5 | Micronesian Proper |
| fam6 | Nuclear Micronesian |
| fam7 | Chuukic–Pohnpeic |
| protoname | Proto-Chuukic |
| glotto | truk1243 |
| glottorefname | Trukic |
| map | Micronesian languages.en.svg |
| mapcaption | Map of the Micronesian languages; Chuukic languages are shaded in red. |
| :: |
|altname=Trukic |name=Chuukic |region=Micronesia |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=Oceanic |fam4=Micronesian |fam5=Micronesian Proper |fam6=Nuclear Micronesian |fam7=Chuukic–Pohnpeic |protoname=Proto-Chuukic |glotto=truk1243 |glottorefname=Trukic |map= Micronesian languages.en.svg |mapcaption=Map of the Micronesian languages; Chuukic languages are shaded in red.
Chuukic (), historically also rendered as Trukic (), 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, as well as in the outer islands of Palau. The Carolinians of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands also speak their own language distinct from the historically native Chamorro people.
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)
Phonology
::data[format=table title="Proto-Chuukic reflexes of [[Proto-Oceanic language|Proto-Oceanic]] [[consonant]]s{{Cite journal |last=Bender |first=Byron W. |last2=Goodenough |first2=Ward H. |last3=Jackson |first3=Frederick H. |last4=Marck |first4=Jeffrey C. |last5=Rehg |first5=Kenneth L. |last6=Sohn |first6=Ho-min |author-link6=Ho-min Sohn |last7=Trussel |first7=Stephen |last8=Wang |first8=Judith W. |date=June 2003 |title=Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: I |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3623449?origin=crossref |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=1 |doi=10.2307/3623449|url-access=subscription }}"]
| Proto-Oceanic | Proto-Micronesian | Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic | Proto-Chuukic |
|---|---|---|---|
| *mp | *mp,ŋp | *p | *m |
| *p | *pʷ | *f | *m |
| *p | *pʷ | *f | *m |
| *p | *pʷ | *f | *m |
| :: |
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References
References
- "tr" is a German convention for the retroflex affricate now written "ch"
- Lynch, John. (2002). "The Oceanic languages". Curzon.
- Bender, Byron W.. (June 2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: I". Oceanic Linguistics.
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