Languages of Marshall Islands
Republic of the Marshall Islands. Formerly part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 57,000. National or official languages: Marshallese, English. Literacy rate: 85%. Information mainly from B. Bender 1996; J. Ellis 1996; K. Rehg 1996. The number of individual languages listed for Marshall Islands is 2. Of those, both are living languages.
| English | [eng]
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
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| Marshallese | [mah]
43,900 in Marshall Islands (1979 B. Bender). Population total all countries: 49,550. Also in Nauru, United States.
Alternate names: Ebon.
Dialects: Rälik, Ratak. Dialects inherently intelligible. Ujelang, the westernmost island, has slightly less homogeneous speech. Lexical similarity: 33% with Pohnapeian [pon].
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Marshallese
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