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 (Trukic) Pohnpeic (Ponapeic)
Unique innovations 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.
Historical sound changes 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-Chuukic-Pohnpeic reflexes of Proto-Oceanic consonants 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 * 1 Before .
Reconstructed vocabulary + Reconstructed Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic Vocabulary Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic English gloss Modern language reflexes *awa mouth CAR aaw, PON aaw *faa brave, strong CHK fa 'be brave, bold', MOK pa 'be talented' *fawo-ni-pei name of Pohnpei Island CHK fóónupi, PON Pohnpei *kurupʷu small young coconut CHK kurupʷ, PON kurupʷ 'immature coconut' *pirafa to steal MRT púraf, PNG pirap *waiya journey, be foreign CAR weey 'to travel', PON way 'be foreign, from abroad' *woro- throat, neck CHK woro-mi 'to swallow', PON 'his/her neck'
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