Marshallese

Also known as mh, Marshallese language

Micronesian language

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Marshallese is a language spoken by people from the Marshall Islands, a Pacific island nation in the Micronesian region. It belongs to the Micronesian language family and is important to the cultural identity and heritage of the Marshallese people.

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ABVD: Marshallese

A Database of Basic Austronesian Vocabulary

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Wikimedia language code: mh
native label: Kajin Ṃajōḷ
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 61000
Commons category: Marshallese language
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MAH
P10369: World War II
P11012: Alfonso Jones
described at URL: lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=344

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Marshallese (Marshallese: Kajin Ṃajeḷ or Kajin Majōl [kɑzʲinʲ(i)mˠɑːzʲɛlˠ]), also known as Ebon, is a Micronesian language spoken in the Marshall Islands. The language of the Marshallese people, it is spoken by nearly all of the country's population of 59,000, making it the principal language. There are also roughly 27,000 Marshallese citizens residing in the United States, nearly all of whom speak Marshallese, as well as residents in other countries such as Nauru and Kiribati.

There are two major dialects, the western Rālik and the eastern Ratak.