Marshallese language

Marshallese
Marshallese
Kajin M̧ajeļ
(new orthography) Kajin M̧ajel‌̧; (old orthography) Kajin Majōl
Native to	Marshall Islands
Ethnicity	Marshallese
Native speakers	(55,000 cited 1979)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Micronesian Proper Nuclear Micronesian Marshallese; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Marshallese alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Marshall Islands
Language codes
ISO 639-1	mh
ISO 639-2	mah
ISO 639-3	mah
Glottolog	mars1254
	Map of Micronesian languages; Marshallese is spoken in the orange area.

Marshallese (Marshallese: Kajin M̧ajel‌̧ or Kajin Majōl [kɑzʲinʲ(i)mˠɑːzʲɛlˠ]), also known as Ebon, is a Micronesian language spoken in the Marshall Islands. The language of the Marshallese people, it is spoken by nearly all of the country's population of 59,000, making it the principal language. There are also roughly 27,000 Marshallese citizens residing in the United States, nearly all of whom speak Marshallese, as well as residents in other countries such as Nauru and Kiribati.

There are two major dialects, the western Rālik and the eastern Ratak.

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