Trukic–Ponapeic languages
| Trukic–Pohnpeic | |
|---|---|
| Chuukic–Ponapeic | |
| Geographic distribution |
Micronesia |
| Linguistic classification |
Austronesian
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | pona1247 |
The Trukic–Ponapeic or Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages are a family of Micronesian languages consisting of two dialect continua, Trukic and Ponapeic. They are the westernmost and historically most recent Micronesian languages.
Chuukic-Pohnpeic has several unique innovations that separates it as a subgroup from the rest of Nuclear Micronesian. Among the most prominent are historical sound changes from Proto Micronesian.
Chuukic-Pohnpeic languages share a number of historical sounds changes from Proto Oceanic and Proto Micronesian. Chuukic languages and Pohnpeic languages separately share later innovations.
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