Key facts
- Geographic distribution
- Micronesia
- Linguistic classification
- Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Central–Eastern Oceanic Micronesian
- Proto language
- Proto-Micronesian
- Subdivisions
- Kosraean Nauruan Central Micronesian
- Glottolog
- micr1243
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- language family
- Subclass of
- Central–Eastern Oceanic
- Has part
- Chuukic–Pohnpeic
- Image
- Micronesian languages.en.svg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Micronesian languages
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Encyclopedic overview
The Micronesian Languages The Micronesian languages form a family of Oceanic languages. The twenty languages are known for their lack of plain labial consonant and have instead two series, palatalized and labio-velarized labials, similar to the related New Caledonian languages.
Languages
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