Chuukese

CHK

provincial

Alternate Names: Chuuk, Lagoon Chuukese, Ruk, Truk, Trukese

Dialects: East Lagoon, Fayichuck.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
Micronesian
Micronesian Proper
Ponapeic-Trukic
Trukic

Demographics: 45,900 in Micronesia (2000 census). Population total all countries: 51,330.

Language Use: Vigorous. Used as L2 by Pááfang [pfa].

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1989–2001.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Micronesia