Chuukese | Ethnologue

A language of Micronesia

ISO 639: chk
Alternate Names: Chuk, Lagoon Chuukese, Ruk, Truk, Trukese
Autonym: Chuuk
Population: 48,200 in Micronesia (2005 UNSD). Total users in all countries: 56,990.
Location:: Chuuk state: Chuuk Lagoon, Caroline Islands; some on Pohnpei island.
Language Status: 2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in State of Chuuk (1989, Chuuk State Constitution, Article 11(6)).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Pohnpeic-Chuukic, Chuukic
Dialects: East Lagoon, Fayichuck.
Language Use: Vigorous. Used by all. Used as L2 by Mortlockese [mrl], Pááfang [pfa].
Language Development: Dictionary. Texts. Bible: 1989–2001.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Chuukese
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

United States

Location: California; Colorado; Hawaii; Kansas; Michigan; Nebraska; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Texas; Washington; Wisconsin.
Language Status: Unestablished
Other Comments: Non-indigenous.

Location: Chuuk state: Chuuk Lagoon, Caroline Islands; some on Pohnpei island.