• Pohnpeian is a Micronesian language spoken as the indigenous language of the island of Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands. Pohnpeian has approximately 30...
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    fish, so mei 蘇眉 (Cantonese), mameng (Filipino), and merer in the Pohnpeian language of the Caroline Islands. The humphead wrasse is the largest extant...
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    Nan Madol (category Articles containing Pohnpeian-language text)
    1180–1200 AD. Little can be verified about the megalithic construction. Pohnpeian tradition claims that the builders of the Leluh archaeological site on...
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    Pohnpei (category Articles with Spanish-language sources (es))
    Pohnpei (formerly known as Ponape or Ascension, from Pohnpeian: "upon (pohn) a stone altar (pei)") is an island of the Senyavin Islands which are part...
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    importance. The Pohnpeians or Ponapeans are the indigenous people of Pohnpei. They number around 28,000. They speak the Pohnpeian language. Pohnpeian historic...
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    Saudeleur dynasty (category Articles containing Pohnpeian-language text)
    158°13′E / 6.850°N 158.217°E / 6.850; 158.217 The Saudeleur dynasty (Pohnpeian: Mwehin Sau Deleur, "Period of the Lord of Deleur"; also spelled Chau-te-leur)...
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    Udon (category Articles containing Pohnpeian-language text)
    there. Languages of the neighboring Federated States of Micronesia also have similar loanwords from Japanese udon; Chuukese: wutong,: 74  Pohnpeian: udong...
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  • look into the language of the group(s) of people in question. Many people believe that the current Pohnpeian language is the main language of the main island...
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  • Honorifics (linguistics) (category Articles containing Pohnpeian-language text)
    would be like saying "nice to meet you" while offering a handshake. In Pohnpeian, honorific speech is especially important when interacting with chiefs...
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  • calendar National Sports Week (Indonesia) (Pekan Olahraga Nasional) Pohnpeian language, ISO 639 code PON Polski Owczarek Nizinny, Polish for Polish Lowland...
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  • language, a mixture of English and Ngatikese. Pidgin Sapwuahfik Pohnpeian language Creole language English-based creole languages Ngatikese language Bonin...
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    The inhabitants speak Mokilese — similar to the Pohnpeian language in the family of Micronesian languages. The name "Wellington Island" comes from the vessel...
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  • Recognition of same-sex unions in Micronesia (category Articles containing Pohnpeian-language text)
    of marriage: statutory civil marriage, statutory religious marriage (Pohnpeian: inou sarawi), and statutory customary marriage (pwopwoud en tiahk en...
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    LGBT rights in the Federated States of Micronesia (category Articles containing Pohnpeian-language text)
    sie sin pahpah kuh ninac kuh mwet karihngihn muhtwacn sacn; [...]. In Pohnpeian: Pwehn kakehlaka oh kolokol onepek mwhau oh wahu penehn nan peneinei kan...
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    in the Federated States of Micronesia) Languages: English (official and common language), Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosraean (recognized at state level...
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  • Micronesia. The etymology of its scientific name pelipel comes from the Pohnpeian language which means tattoo or tattooed, due to the small faded stripes that...
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    of 2021[update], the Book of Mormon has been translated into over 115 languages, mostly but not exclusively by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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    Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو‎) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that...
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  • or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
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    Kosraeans, Pohnpeian, and Yapese. English is the common and official language while each of the major islands have their own local language such as Chuukese...
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    Typhoon Soudelor (category CS1 Chinese-language sources (zh))
    was assigned the name Soudelor, a title of legendary rulers in the Pohnpeian language. A central dense overcast developed over the circulation center shortly...
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    all of the residents speak Ngatikese, a Pohnpeic language closely related to the Pohnpeian language. The atoll was first discovered by Westerners on 6...
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    The Austronesian languages (/ˌɔːstrəˈniːʒən/ AW-strə-NEE-zhən) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland...
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    indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca...
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  • (and more specifically Pohnpeian) poet. She is the first ever Micronesian to publish a collection of poetry in the English language, and is one of few published...
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  • live on Sapwuahfik. It was previously considered a distinct dialect of Pohnpeian, but was later reclassified as the two proved to be only partially mutually...
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    tə-GAH-log; [tɐˈɣaː.loɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the...
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    Polynesian language closely related to the Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu. It is more or less distantly related to all other Polynesian languages, such as...
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  • through modern times. Isokelekel (Pohnpeian: "shining noble," "wonderful king"), was a semi-mythical son of the Pohnpeian god Nansapwe and Nansapwe's clanswoman...
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  • Mokilese were Pohnpeian, Marshallese, Pingelapese, and Kusaiean (Rehg & Bender, 1990). The reason why Mokilese borrowed words from these languages was because...
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