Language

Although English is the official language of Micronesia, the country also speaks a number of indigenous Malayo-Polynesian languages. Micronesian languages are closely linked to Melanesian and Polynesian languages. They are a collection of mutually incomprehensible languages belonging to the eastern or Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family.

Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi are two more Polynesian languages that are spoken in Micronesia. Micronesia's two languages are most closely connected to the Austronesian languages' Western, or Indonesian, branch. It's "Chamorro," which is quite similar to the languages of the Philippines, and "Palau," which is Indonesian but whose connection is less definite.

The phonology and structure of these Micronesian languages are identical, demonstrating their close kinship, while the vocabulary items are only 25% same. The Nuclear Micronesian languages, which include Marshallese, Gilbertese, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Kosraean, Carolinean, and Ulithian, are a set of seven closely related Micronesian languages. A family of Oceanic languages includes the twenty Micronesian languages. The absence of simple labial consonants in Micronesian languages is well documented.