Chuukese
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Chuukese
- A Trukic language of the Austronesian language family, spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia.
- Chuukese has the unusual feature of permitting word-initial geminate (double) consonants.
Translations
Noun
Chuukese (plural Chuukese)
- A member of an ethnic group in Oceania who speak the Chuukese language and constitute 48% of the population of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Translations
member of an ethnic group
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See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Chuukese terms
Further reading
- ISO 639-3 code chk (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Chuukese, chk
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