MICRONESIA: KIRIBATI, MARSHALLESE, & CHUUKESE

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Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east , and Melanesia to the south—as well as with the wider community of Austronesian peoples.

Gilbertese/Kiribati is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati with 120,000 native speakers. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word Kiribati, the current name of the islands, is the local adaptation of the previous European name "Gilberts" to Gilbertese phonology.

The Marshallese language also known as Ebon, is a Micronesian language spoken in the Marshall Islands. Spoken by the ethnic Marshallese people, the language is spoken by nearly the country's entire population of 59,000, making it the principal language of the country. There are two major dialects: Rālik (western) and Ratak (eastern).

Chuukese 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 the Hawaiian Islands as well. Estimates show that there are about 45,900 speakers in Micronesia.

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