Carolinean languages

E28257
Austronesian languages language group

Carolinean languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages traditionally spoken in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Carolinian languages 1
Kosraean language group 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Carolinean people ⓘ
surface form: Carolinean Islanders
geographicDistribution atolls and islands of the Caroline Islands ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Micronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Caroline Islands languages

Carolinean languages ⓘ
surface form: Carolinian languages
hasPart Carolinian ⓘ
surface form: Carolinian language

Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ
surface form: Chuukese language

Kosraean language ⓘ
Mortlockese language ⓘ
Pohnpeian language ⓘ
Puluwatese language ⓘ
Satawalese language ⓘ
Sonsorolese language ⓘ
Tobian language ⓘ
Ulithian ⓘ
surface form: Ulithian language

Woleaian language ⓘ
languageBranch Oceanic ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian
languageSubgroup Micronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Micronesian
partOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian language family
region Micronesia ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
relatedTo Melanesian languages ⓘ
Polynesian languages ⓘ
spokenIn Caroline Islands ⓘ
Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
status many varieties endangered ⓘ
subclassOf Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Micronesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
traditionalRegion western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
usedBy Carolinean people ⓘ
Micronesians ⓘ
surface form: Micronesian peoples
usedIn oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
traditional navigation lore ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Carolinean languages → hasAlternativeName → Carolinean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carolinian languages
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Carolinean languages ⓘ
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Carolinean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kosraean language group