Marshallese language group

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branch of language family language group

The Marshallese language group is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising the indigenous languages spoken in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Marshallese language 3
Marshallese 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of language family ⓘ
language group ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Austronesian language

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Micronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Micronesian language

Proto-Oceanic language ⓘ
hasDialects Ralik dialect of Marshallese ⓘ
Ratak dialect of Marshallese ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Micronesians ⓘ
surface form: Marshallese people
hasGlottologCode mars1254 (Marshallese) ⓘ
hasISO639LanguageCode mh (Marshallese) ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian language family
hasLanguageStatus indigenous language group of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
oceanic language group ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative morphology ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory ⓘ
vowel allophony conditioned by consonants ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage Marshallese language group self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marshallese language
hasSubfamily Micronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Micronesian branch of Austronesian
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
partOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
spokenIn Marshall Islands ⓘ
spokenInRegion central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
subgroupOf Micronesian languages ⓘ
usedAs national language of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
usedIn education in the Marshall Islands ⓘ
government in the Marshall Islands ⓘ
media in the Marshall Islands ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Gilbertese language group → closelyRelatedTo → Marshallese language group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshallese language
Micronesia → hasLanguage → Marshallese language group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshallese language
Marshallese language group → hasPrimaryLanguage → Marshallese language group self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshallese language
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Marshallese language group ⓘ
Marshall Islands → officialLanguage → Marshallese language group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshallese