Chuukic languages
Chuukic (/ˈtʃuːkɪk/), historically also rendered as 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, as well as in the outer islands of Palau. It is also noteworthy that the Carolinians of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands also speak their own language distinct from the historically native Chamorro people.
| Chuukic | |
|---|---|
| Trukic | |
| Geographic distribution | Micronesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
|
| Proto-language | Proto-Chuukic |
| Glottolog | truk1243 |
 Map of the Micronesian languages; Chuukic languages are shaded in red. | |
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-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
- "tr" is a German convention for the retroflex affricate now written "ch"
- Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366.
- Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 1". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (1): 4, 5. doi:10.2307/3623449. JSTOR 3623449.
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