Marshallese language

E163769

Austronesian language Micronesian language natural language

Marshallese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, known for its complex system of consonants and vowel allophones influenced by surrounding oceanic languages.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Marshallese	26
Marshallese language canonical	25
Marshallese (ISO 639-1: mh)	1
Marshallese is an official language of the Marshall Islands	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ Micronesian language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
coOfficialWith	English language ⓘ
endonym	Kajin M̧ajeļ ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Ebon language ⓘ Marshallese ⓘ
hasDialects	Ralik dialect ⓘ Ratak dialect ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry	Marshallese ⓘ
hasGlottocode	mars1254 ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology	head-initial language ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom	English language ⓘ German ⓘ surface form: German language Japanese ⓘ surface form: Japanese language Kiribati language ⓘ Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish language
hasMorphologicalType	moderately agglutinative ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn	Marshall Islands ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
hasPhonemeInventory	large consonant inventory relative to vowels ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	complex consonant system ⓘ consonant-vowel interactions ⓘ palatalized consonants ⓘ rich vowel allophony ⓘ velarized consonants ⓘ vowel harmony-like patterns ⓘ
hasRegulatoryBody	Marshall Islands Ministry of Education ⓘ
hasScriptReform	20th century orthographic standardization ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity	Micronesians ⓘ surface form: Marshallese people
hasWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
influencedBy	other Oceanic languages ⓘ
iso639-1Code	mh ⓘ
iso639-2Code	mah ⓘ
iso639-3Code	mah ⓘ
isPartOf	Micronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Micronesian language continuum
isTaughtAt	College of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily	Micronesian languages ⓘ
primaryCountry	Marshall Islands ⓘ
region	Central Pacific ⓘ Micronesia ⓘ
spokenIn	Marshall Islands ⓘ Marshall Islands ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
usedFor	education in the Marshall Islands ⓘ government in the Marshall Islands ⓘ media in the Marshall Islands ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central–Eastern Oceanic languages → includesLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Kiribati language → closelyRelatedTo → Marshallese language ⓘ

Ratak Chain → hasTraditionalLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Micronesians → usesLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Majuro → officialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Bikini Atoll → hasLanguageOrigin → Marshallese language ⓘ

Rongelap Atoll → languageUsed → Marshallese language ⓘ

Jaluit Atoll → hasLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Maloelap Atoll → hasLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Aur Atoll → ethnicGroup → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Aur Atoll → language → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Kosraean language → closelyRelatedTo → Marshallese language ⓘ

Ailinglaplap Atoll → usesLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Likiep Atoll → usesLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Namdrik Atoll → hasOfficialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Utrik Atoll → language → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Namu Atoll → hasLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Ujae Atoll → officialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Micronesian languages → hasLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Austronesian linguistics → studies → Marshallese language ⓘ

Ralik dialect of Marshallese → subdivisionOf → Marshallese language ⓘ

Ralik dialect of Marshallese → partOfMacrolanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese (ISO 639-1: mh)

Ralik dialect of Marshallese → countryOfficialLanguageVia → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese is an official language of the Marshall Islands

Oceanic languages → hasMember → Marshallese language ⓘ

Ebeye → hasLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages → includesLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Nitijeļā (Parliament of the Marshall Islands) → languageOfName → Marshallese language ⓘ

subject surface form: Nitijeļā

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Nitijeļā (Parliament of the Marshall Islands) → countryUses → Marshallese language ⓘ

subject surface form: Nitijeļā

Amata Kabua → nativeLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Iroijlaplap en Eṃṃan → associatedWith → Marshallese language ⓘ

Gilbertese language → closelyRelatedTo → Marshallese language ⓘ

Cabinet of the Marshall Islands → languageOfOperation → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Naoero language → neighboringLanguages → Marshallese language ⓘ

Majuro Atoll → officialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Lae Atoll → officialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Majuro Lagoon → hasLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Imiej → hasOfficialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Japo → hasOfficialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Airok → officialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Kilange Lagoon → hasLanguageRegion → Marshallese language ⓘ

Arno → hasLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Namdrik → officialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Namorik → hasOfficialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Biogea (islet) → hasOfficialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

subject surface form: Biogea

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Ujae (islet on Utrik Atoll) → hasLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

subject surface form: Ujae

Likiep → hasOfficialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Marshallese → usesLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Ailuk (village) → usesLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

Namu → hasOfficialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese

Majkin → hasOfficialLanguage → Marshallese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshallese