Chuukic languages

Chuukic (/ˈkɪk/), historically also rendered Trukic[1] (/ˈtrkɪk/), is a subgroup of the Chuukic–Pohnpeic family of the Austronesian language family.[2] The languages are primarily spoken in Chuuk State and Yap State of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Chuukese
Trukic
Geographic
distribution
Micronesia
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologtruk1243

Languages

Phonology

Proto-Trukic reflexes of Proto-Oceanic consonants[3]
Proto-Oceanic *mp*mp,ŋp*p*m*m,ŋm*k*ŋk*y*w*t*s,nj*ns,j*j*nt,nd*d,R*l*n
Proto-Micronesian *p*pʷ*f*m*mʷ*k*x*y*w*t*T*s*S*Z*c*r*l*n
Proto Chuukic-Pohnpeic *p*pʷ*f*m*mʷ*k*∅,r1*y*w*t*T*t*t*c*r*l*n
Proto-Trukic *p*pʷ*f*m*mʷ*k*∅*y*w*t*T*d*d*c*r*l*n

1 before /a/


References

  1. "tr" is a German convention for the retroflex affricate now written "ch"
  2. Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366.
  3. Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 1". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (1): 4, 5. doi:10.2307/3623449. JSTOR 3623449.
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