Pulusuk language

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The Pulusuk language is a Micronesian language spoken on Pulusuk Atoll in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, and is part of the Chuukic (Trukic) subgroup of Oceanic languages.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pulusuk language canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Micronesian language
Oceanic language
language
alternateName Houk NERFINISHED
Pulusuk NERFINISHED
Puluwatic (variety)
closelyRelatedTo Mortlockese language NERFINISHED
Puluwat language NERFINISHED
Satawalese language
country Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
geographicDistribution Pulusuk Atoll and nearby islets
glottologName Pulusuk NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode pulu1244
hasISO639-3Code puu
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
small consonant inventory typical of Micronesian languages
hasSpeakerCommunitySize small island community
isMinorityLanguageIn Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian

Chuukic
Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
Micronesian
Oceanic
languageShiftPressureFrom Chuukese language
English language
macroArea Papunesia
partOfLanguageFamily Austronesian languages NERFINISHED
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
region Western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
spokenBy Pulusuk islanders
spokenIn Chuuk State NERFINISHED
Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED
Micronesia NERFINISHED
Pulusuk Atoll NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Chuukic languages NERFINISHED
Trukic languages NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature head-marking morphology
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
rich verbal inflection
verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO)
usedIn local religious practices
oral storytelling
traditional navigation terminology
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Mortlockese language closelyRelatedTo Pulusuk language
Pulapese language closelyRelatedTo Pulusuk language