Pohnpeian language
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| Pohnpeian | ||
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| Spoken in: | Micronesia | |
| Region: | Pohnpei | |
| Total speakers: | 29,000 | |
| Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP Central-Eastern MP Eastern MP Oceanic Central-Eastern Micronesian Micronesian Proper Ponapeic-Trukic Ponapeic Pohnpeian |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | pon | |
| ISO 639-3: | pon
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Pohnpeian or Ponapean is a Micronesian language of the Ponapeic-Trukic subfamily. It is spoken mostly on the island of Pohnpei and the Caroline Islands.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Ethnologue Report. Ethnologue. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
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