Pohnpeian language

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Pohnpeian
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 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
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

  1. ^ Ethnologue Report. Ethnologue. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.