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| Language
Names |
Area
Spoken |
Number
of Speakers |
| A. Western High Island Languages |
| Chamorro |
Guam/CNMI |
62,500 |
| Palauan/Belauan |
ROP |
13,750 |
| Yapese |
Yap Island (Yap State, FSM) |
5,800 |
| B. Polynesian Languages |
| Nukuoro |
Nukuoro & Pohnpei (Pohnpei State, FSM) |
550 |
| Kapingamarangi |
Kapingamarangi & Pohnpei (Pohnpei State, FSM) |
1,300 |
| C. Nuclear Micronesian Languages |
| Trukic: |
| Sonsorolese |
Sonsorol/Pulo Anna/Merir/Koror (ROP) |
600 |
| Tobian |
Hatohobei Island /Koror (ROP) |
22+ |
| Ulithian |
Ulithi/Ngulu/Sorol/Fais Is. (Yap State, FSM) |
3,000 |
| Woleaian |
Woleai (Wottagai, Falalus, SulywapFalalap, Tagailap,
Paliau, Mariang), Eauripik, Faraulep, Elato, Lamotrek |
1,631 |
| Ifaluk Islands (Yap State, FSM) |
| Satawalese |
Satawal Island (Yap State, FSM) |
458 |
| Puluwatese |
Puluwat, Pulap, Pulusuk Islands |
1,364 |
| (Yap State & Chuuk State, FSM) |
| Namonuito Magur |
Ono, Onari, Piserach, Ulul Islands |
1,050 |
| (Chuuk State, FSM) |
| Chuukese |
Chuuk Lagoon-Chuuk State, FSM |
38,341 |
| Paafang |
Hall Islands: Nomwin, Fananu |
1,318 |
| Marilo, Ruo (Chuuk State,
FSM) |
| Mortlockese |
Mortlock Islands (Chuuk State, FSM) |
5,904 |
| Carolinian |
Saipan, Pagan, & Agrihan (CNMI) |
3,000 |
| Tanapag |
West Central Coast of Saipan (CNMI) |
Unknown/ No
Speakers |
| Mapian |
Southeast of Hatohobei Island, ROP |
0 (Extinct) |
| Ponapeic: |
| Pohnpeian |
Pohnpei State, FSM |
27,700 |
| Mokilese |
Mokil Atoll (Pohnpei State, FSM) |
1,050 |
| Pingelapese |
Pingelap/Pohnpei (Pohnpei State, FSM) |
3,000 |
| Ngatikese |
Creole Ngatik [Sapuahfik] Atoll (Pohnpei
State, FSM) |
700 |
| Other: |
| Kosraean |
Kosrae State, FSM |
6,900 |
| Marshallese |
Republic of the Marshall Islands |
56,000 |
| Gilbertese/Kiribati |
Kiribati Island Chain |
72,000 |
| Nauruan |
Republic of Nauru |
10,000 |
(Source: Ethnologue, 13 Edition-1996)
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