Chuukic (), historically also rendered as Trukic (), is a subgroup of the Chuukic–Pohnpeic family of the

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. The languages are primarily spoken in

Chuuk State Chuuk State (; also known as Truk) is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). It consists of several island groups: Nomoneas, Faichuk, Faichuuk, the Hall Islands, Namonuito Atoll (Magur Islands), Pattiw (Western Isl ...

and Yap State of the

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, as well as in the outer islands of

Palau Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands ...

. The Carolinians of the

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also speak their own language distinct from the historically native

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Languages

Sonsorol Sonsorol is one of the sixteen states of Palau. The inhabitants speak Sonsorolese language, Sonsorolese, a local Chuukic languages, Chuukic language, and Palauan language, Palauan. The islands of the state of Sonsorol, together with the islands ...

and Tobian (close enough to each other to often be considered dialects) * Chuukese * Woleaian and Ulithian * Puluwatese, Namonuito, and Tanapag * Carolinian * Satawalese and

Mortlockese Mortlockese (Kapsen Mwoshulók), also known as Mortlock or Nomoi, is a language that belongs to the Chuukic languages, Chuukic group of Micronesian languages in the Federated States of Micronesia spoken primarily in the Mortlock Islands (Nomoi Is ...

(closely related) * Pááfang * Mapia (extinct)

Phonology

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References

{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages