Chuukese
fóósun Chuuk
Chuukese is an Austronesian language spoken in Micronesia, by about 51.3 thousand people.
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Chuukese (), also rendered Trukese (), is a Chuukic language of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. There are communities of speakers on Pohnpei, Guam, and in Hawaii. Estimates show that there are about 45,900 speakers in Micronesia. According to the 2017–2021 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 14,700 people aged five and older speak Chuukese at home in the United States.
From Wikipedia · Chuukese language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Written down
Esap wor och mettoch epwe appeti aramas seni fansoun ar uputiu non ar tufich me rait. Ar ekiek epwe mecheres o esap pet ren och sakkun mettoch pun ir repwe nonnomfengen non kinamwe o pwipwi annim.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Chuukese
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | in | |
| father | sam | |
| woman | feefin | |
| name | it | |
| tooth | ngii | |
| water | chaan | |
| dog | konak | |
| cat | kattu | |
| bird | machang | |
| horse | arus | |
| one | et | |
| two | ru | |
| three | unungat | |
| four | ruanu | |
| five | nimu | |
| hundred | ipuku | |
| eat | mongo | |
| see | kuna | |
| die | mano | |
| rice | rais | |
| milk | minik | |
| thank you | kinisou | |
| black | chon |
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Vocabulary
- PuluwateseAustronesian61% alike
- TanapagAustronesian56% alike
- PááfangAustronesian50% alike
- NamonuitoAustronesian49% alike
- CarolinianAustronesian46% alike
- SatawaleseAustronesian45% alike
Grammar
- SonsorolAustronesian88% alike
- Biatah BidayuhAustronesian87% alike
- OrohaAustronesian87% alike
- BannoniAustronesian87% alike
- LamogaiAustronesian87% alike
- GilberteseAustronesian86% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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