Marshallese language
Marshallese is an official language of the Marshall Islands, with English as their second. It is used as the language to teach in most primary schools.[1]
| Marshallese | |
|---|---|
| Ebon[2] | |
| (new orthography) Kajin M̧ajeļ (old orthography) Kajin Majōl | |
| Native to | Marshall Islands |
| Ethnicity | Marshallese |
Native speakers | (55,000 cited 1979)[3] |
Austronesian
| |
| Latin (Marshallese alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Marshall Islands |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | mh |
| ISO 639-2 | mah |
| ISO 639-3 | mah |
| Glottolog | mars1254 |
 A map of Micronesian languages. Marshallese is spoken in the orange area. | |
Marshallese is most closely related to Kiribati,Nauruen,Pohnpeian, Mokilese and Chuukese, which are other Micronesian languages. There are other Micronesian languages closely related to the Marshallese language.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Marshallese alphabet, pronunciation, and language". omniglot.com. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ↑ "Marshallese". SIL International. Archived from the original on 2015-04-11. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
- ↑ Marshallese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ "Marshallese.org - Language and Tools". marshallese.org. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
