Micronesian languages

E96376
Oceanic language subgroup language family

Micronesian languages are a group of closely related Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken across the Micronesian islands in the western Pacific.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Caroline Islands languages 2
Nuclear Micronesian languages 2
Caroline Islands language group 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oceanic language subgroup ⓘ
language family ⓘ
approximateNumberOfLanguages about 20 ⓘ
arealFeature complex possessive classifiers ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ
verb–subject–object basic word order in many languages ⓘ
widespread vowel length contrasts ⓘ
geneticClassification Austronesian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Micronesian ⓘ
Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage Carolinian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chuukese language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kapingamarangi language ⓘ
Kiribati language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kosraean language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marshallese language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mokilese language ⓘ
Mortlockese language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nauruan language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nukuoro language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pingelapese language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pohnpeian language ⓘ
Satawalese language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulithian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woleaian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubgroup Gilbertese language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nauruan language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nuclear Micronesian languages ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalDevelopment descend from Proto-Micronesian ⓘ
linguisticResearchField Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
partOf Central-Eastern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconstructionTarget Proto-Micronesian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Melanesian Oceanic languages ⓘ
Polynesian languages ⓘ
spokenIn Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Kiribati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Nauru NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Palau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of the Marshall Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wake Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages → arealGroup → Micronesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caroline Islands languages
Ulithian → belongsTo → Micronesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caroline Islands language group
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages → branchOf → Micronesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuclear Micronesian languages
Carolinean languages → hasAlternativeName → Micronesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caroline Islands languages
Marshallese language group → hasAncestor → Micronesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Micronesian language
Micronesians → hasLanguageFamily → Micronesian languages ⓘ
Yapese → hasLinguisticArea → Micronesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Micronesian languages area
Marshallese language group → hasSubfamily → Micronesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Micronesian branch of Austronesian
Remote Oceanic languages → hasSubgroup → Micronesian languages ⓘ
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages → languageFamily → Micronesian languages ⓘ
Kosraean language → languageFamily → Micronesian languages ⓘ
Carolinean languages → languageSubgroup → Micronesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Micronesian
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages → partOf → Micronesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuclear Micronesian languages
Carolinian → subfamily → Micronesian languages ⓘ
Marshallese language group → subgroupOf → Micronesian languages ⓘ
Palauan language group (Micronesia) → subgroupOf → Micronesian languages ⓘ