Nukuoro is a language belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken by about 860 people on the Nukuoro Island and on Pohnpei in Micronesia. It is extremely similar to Kapingamarangi. Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific ( with a few members spoken on continental Asia). ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages and comprise at least 351 million speakers. ... The family of Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages is a subgroup of the Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages. ... The family of Central-Eastern Oceanic languages is a subgroup of the Oceanic languages. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone = sound/voice) is the study of sounds (voice). ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages and comprise at least 351 million speakers. ... Map of Pohnpei State Map of Pohnpei Island District center of Pohnpei Diagram of Pohnpei Pohnpei (also spelled Ponape and earlier Bonabee) is the name of one of the states in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and one of the Senyavin Islands. ... Kapingamarangi is an atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia. ...
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