Mortlockese language
| Mortlockese | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Federated States of Micronesia |
| Region | Caroline Islands |
Native speakers | (5,900 cited 1989 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mrl |
| Glottolog | mort1237 |
| ELP | Mortlockese |
Mortlockese (Kapsen Mwoshulók) is a member of the Chuukic group of Micronesian languages in the Federated States of Micronesia spoken primarily in the Mortlock Islands[disambiguation needed].[2] It is nearly intelligible with Satawalese and Puluwatese.[1] The language today has become mutually intelligible with Chuukese, though marked with a distinct Mortlockese accent. Linguistic patterns show that Mortlockese is converging with Chuukese.[3]
References
- ^ a b Mortlockese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Odango, Emmerson. 2015. Afféú Fangani ‘Join Together’: A Morphophonemic Analysis Of Possessive Suffix Paradigms And A Discourse-Based Ethnography Of The Elicitation Session In Pakin Lukunosh Mortlockese. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Ph.D. dissertation.
- ^ Marshall, Mac (2004). Namoluk Beyond the Reef: The Transformation of a Micronesian Community. Westview Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780813341620.
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