Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Chuukese (secondary) · Japanese (secondary) · Mokilese (secondary) · Pohnpeian (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Micronesia, Federated States

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Trukese	43000	Chuukese	Christianity
Ponapean	23000	Pohnpeian	Christianity
Yapese	6900	Yapese	Christianity
Kosraen	6400	Kosraean	Christianity
Mortlockese	5900	Mortlockese	Christianity
Ulithian	3100	Ulithian	Christianity
Carolinian	2900	Carolinian	Christianity
Kapingamarangi	2600	Kapingamarangi	Christianity
Pingilapese	2100	Pingelapese	Christianity
Micronesian, English-speaking	1800	English	Christianity
Woleaian	1700	Woleaian	Christianity
Puluwat	1400	Puluwatese	Christianity
Americans, U.S.	1300	English	Christianity
Paafang	1300	Paafang	Christianity
Chamorro	900	Chamorro	Christianity
Namonuito	900	Namonuito	Christianity
Mokilese	800	Mokilese	Christianity
Japanese	800	Japanese	Buddhism
Sonsorol	800	Sonsorolese	Christianity
Filipino, Tagalog	800	Tagalog	Christianity
Nukoro	800	Nukuoro	Christianity
Deaf	600	Language unknown	Unknown
Ngatik	500	Ngatik Men's Creole	Christianity
Satawalese	500	Satawalese	Christianity
Chinese, general	500	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious

Languages

24 languages recorded here.

Carolinian

Chamorro

Chinese, Mandarin

Chuukese

English

Japanese

Kapingamarangi

Kosraean

Language unknown

Mokilese

Mortlockese

Namonuito

Ngatik Men's Creole

Nukuoro

Paafang

Pingelapese

Pohnpeian

Puluwatese

Satawalese

Sonsorolese

Tagalog

Ulithian

Woleaian

Yapese

All catalogue fields

147 fields recorded

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iso3: FSM
iso2: FM
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poplpeoples: 111000
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rol3officiallanguage: eng
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rlg3primary: 1
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percentevangelical: 22.778819807861
c_10_40window: N
rog2: SOP
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harvest_countrynamechinese: 密克罗尼西亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 密克罗尼西亚
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harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Micronésie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Mikronesien
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Mikronesien
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Mikronesia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Mikronesia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Micronesia, Stati Federati
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Micronesia, Stati Federati
harvest_countrynamekorean: 미크로네시아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 미크로네시아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Mikronesiaføderasjonen
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Mikronesiaføderasjonen
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harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Liên bang Micronesia
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harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
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harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/micronesia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
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harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-federated-states-of-micronesia
harvest_internetusage: 35
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harvest_areasquarekilometers: 702
harvest_countryphonecode: 691
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harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 15.5
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harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00