Micronesian languages Micronesian languages Carolinian is an Austronesian language spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands, where it is an official language along with English and Chamorro. Carolinian is most closely related to Satawalese, Woleaian, and Puluwatese. Estimates place the number of speakers at about 3,000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carolinian language"
Chuukese (also called Trukese) is a Trukic language of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the island of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. There are some speakers on Pohnpei and Guam as well. Estimates place the number of speakers at about 45,000 including second-language speakers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chuukese language"
Gilbertese or Kiribati (sometimes Kiribatese, a mixture of both) is a language from the Austronesian family, part of the Oceanian branch and of the Nuclear Micronesian subbranch. It is a verb object subject language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gilbertese language"
Kosraean, also sometimes called Kusaiean, is the language spoken on the islands of Kosrae ( Kusaie), Caroline Islands, and Nauru. In 2001 there were approximately 8,000 speakers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kosraean language"
The Marshallese language (Marshallese: ) or Ebon is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Marshall Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marshallese language"
The family of Micronesian Proper languages is a subgroup of the Micronesian languages. It consists of 19 languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Micronesian Proper languages"
The Nauruan language (dorerin Naoero) is an Austronesian language spoken in Nauru. It is estimated that it has 7,000 speakers, approximately 50% of the population. Almost all speakers are bilingual in English. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nauruan language"
The family of Ponapeic languages is a subgroup of the Ponapeic-Trukic languages. It consists of 3 languages: Mokilese, Pingelapese and Pohnpeian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ponapeic languages"
The family of Ponapeic-Trukic languages is a subgroup of the Micronesian Proper languages. It consists of 16 languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ponapeic-Trukic languages"
The Sonsorolese language is a language spoken in Palau and the Northern Mariana Islands, by 600 people. It is an Austronesian language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sonsorolese language"
Tanapag is a Micronesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken by about 4,400 people on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. The language may be endangered, as younger people tend to speak Chamorro instead of Tanapag, but there are also efforts being made to promote the language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tanapag language"
The Tobian language, also Tobi is, with English and the Sonsorolese language the language spoken on the Palau islands of Tobi (or Hatobohei), Pulo Anna, Merir, Fana, Helen Reef and Sonsoral (or Sonsorol). It has about 100 speakers over the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tobian language"
The family of Trukic languages is a subgroup of the Ponapeic-Trukic languages. It consists of 13 languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Trukic languages"
Ulithian is the name of the language spoken in the Ulithi atoll. Utlithian is one of the 6 official languages of the Federated States of Micronesia. Some sources claim 3000 speakers, although there are only about 710 inhabitants on the Ulithi atoll. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ulithian language"
Yapese is a language spoken by 6,600 people on the island of Yap ( Federated States of Micronesia). ...more on Wikipedia about "Yapese language"
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