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Language code: mh

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mh

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The table below provides technical details for the Marshallese language, designated by the mh code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

mh

Name

Official

Marshallese

Native

Kajin M̧ajeļ

Family
Oceanic
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
RatakRālik
Related languages
Kiribati (Gilbertese)ChuukesePohnpeian
Key facts
Uses a Latin-based alphabet with special diacritics such as cedillas and underdotsDistinguishes both vowel length and voicing, giving it an unusually rich vowel systemOne of the few Micronesian languages with a documented contrast between dental and alveolar consonantsReduplication is heavily employed to mark aspect and intensityModern linguistic description only began with missionary work in the late 19th century
Sample phrase

Io̧kwe, eṃṃan ke?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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Marshallese belongs to the Austronesian language family, more specifically to the Oceanic subgroup. It is one of the official languages of the Marshall Islands. It is written using the Latin script (Marshallese alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 80,000 speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Marshall Islands

51K

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Marshallese speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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