Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages
The Chuukic–Pohnpeic or historically Trukic-Ponapeic languages are a family of Micronesian languages consisting of two dialect continua, Chuukic and Pohnpeic. They are the westernmost and historically most recent Micronesian languages.Composition
Chuukic-Pohnpeic has several unique innovations that separates it as a subgroup from the rest of Nuclear Micronesian. Among the most prominent are historical sound changes from Proto Micronesian.Chuukic-Pohnpeic languages share a number of historical sounds changes from Proto Oceanic and Proto Micronesian. Chuukic languages and Pohnpeic languages separately share later innovations.
| Proto Oceanic | *mp | *mp,ŋp | *p | *m | *m,ŋm | *k | * | * | *y | *w | *t | | *s,nj | *ns,j | *j | *nt,nd | *d,R | *l | *n | * |
| Proto Micronesian | *p | *pʷ | *f | *m | *mʷ | *k | *x | * | *y | *w | *t | *T | *s | *S | *Z | *c | *r | *l | *n | * |
| Proto Chuukic-Pohnpeic | *p | *pʷ | *f | *m | *mʷ | *k | *∅,r1 | * | *y | *w | *t | *j | *t | *t | ∅ | *c | *r | *l | *n | * |
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