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Chuukese

Chuukese

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Chuukese

  1. 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.

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Noun

Chuukese (plural Chuukese)

  1. 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.

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See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Chuukese terms

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