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ISO 639-3 · mahmah
Austronesian family

Marshallese

Kajin M̧ajeļ

Marshallese is a language of the Micronesian branch (Austronesian), spoken in Marshall Islands, Nauru and United States. Wikidata counts about 61,000 speakers (2001). Wikidata describes it as “Micronesian language”.

1 · NationalLatn61,000
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mah
ISO 639-1
mh
Glottocode
mars1254
Centre point
9.82, 169.29
Wikipedia
76 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
8levels in the tree
1EGIDS level

Facts

NameMarshallese · Kajin M̧ajeļ
Also calledmh, Marshallese language
All speakers61,000 (2001)
Written inLatin script
Official inMarshall Islands

Vitality

EGIDS 1 National1

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Austronesian to Marshallese

The branches above Marshallese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Also spoken in Marshall Islands