Chuukese
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Chuuk + -eseCategory:English terms suffixed with -ese#CHUUKESE.
Proper noun
ChuukeseCategory:English lemmas#CHUUKESECategory:English proper nouns#CHUUKESECategory:English uncountable nouns#CHUUKESECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHUUKESECategory:Pages with entries#CHUUKESECategory:Pages with 1 entry#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.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHUUKESE
Translations
Noun
Chuukese (plural Chuukese)Category:English lemmas#CHUUKESECategory:English nouns#CHUUKESECategory:English countable nouns#CHUUKESECategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#CHUUKESECategory:English indeclinable nouns#CHUUKESECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHUUKESECategory:Pages with entries#CHUUKESECategory:Pages with 1 entry#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
Category:Entries with translation boxes#CHUUKESE
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See also
Further reading
- ISO 639-3 code chk (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Chuukese, chk