Marshallese
Micronesian language
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Summary
Marshallese is a natural language[1]. Marshallese draws 2,223 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #135 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Marshall Islands[3], Nauru[4], United States[5]
- Instance of: modern language[6]
- Subclass of: Micronesian[7]
- Writing system: Latin script[8], Latin alphabet[9]
- Commons category: Marshallese language[10]
- Wikimedia language code: mh[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Marshallese language[12]
- Described at URL: https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=344[13]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 43,900[14], 61,000[15]
- Native label: Kajin M̧ajeļ[16], Kajin Aelōñ Kein[17], Kajin Ṃajōḷ[18]
- Indigenous to: Marshall Islands[19]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MAH[20]
- Ethnologue language status: 1 National[21]
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Influence
Things named for Marshallese include Typhoon Lan[22], a typhoon[23], in Japan[24].
Why It Matters
Marshallese has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Marshallese is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]
Entities named for Marshallese include Typhoon Lan[22], a typhoon[23], in Japan[24].