Chuukic languages

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Chuukic
Trukic
Geographic
distribution		Micronesia
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Micronesian
        • Micronesian Proper
          • Nuclear Micronesian
            • Chuukic–Pohnpeic
              • Chuukic
Glottologtruk1243
Micronesian languages.en.svg
Map of the Micronesian languages; Chuukic languages are shaded in red.

Chuukic (/ˈtʃuːkɪk/), historically also rendered Trukic[1] (/ˈtruːkɪk/), is a subgroup of the Chuukic–Pohnpeic family of the Austronesian language family.[2] The languages are primarily spoken in Chuuk State and Yap State of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Languages[]

  • Sonsorol and Tobian (close enough to each other to often be considered dialects)
  • Chuukese
  • Woleaian and Ulithian
  • Puluwatese, Namonuito, and Tanapag
  • Carolinian
  • Satawalese and Mortlockese (closely related)
  • Pááfang
  • Mapia (extinct)

Phonology[]

Proto-Chuukic reflexes of Proto-Oceanic consonants[3]
Proto-Oceanic *mp *mp,ŋp *p *m *m,ŋm *k *ŋk *ŋ *y *w *t *s,nj *ns,j *j *nt,nd *d,R *l *n *ɲ
Proto-Micronesian *p *pʷ *f *m *mʷ *k *x *ŋ *y *w *t *T *s *S *Z *c *r *l *n *ɲ
Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic *p *pʷ *f *m *mʷ *k *∅,r1 *ŋ *y *w *t *T *t *t ∅ *c *r *l *n *ɲ
Proto-Chuukic *p *pʷ *f *m *mʷ *k *∅ *ŋ *y *w *t *T *d *d ∅ *c *r *l *n *ɲ

1 before /a/


References[]

  1. ^ "tr" is a German convention for the retroflex affricate now written "ch"
  2. ^ Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366.
  3. ^ Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 1". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (1): 4, 5. doi:10.2307/3623449. JSTOR 3623449.
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