title Micronesian Diary Pingelap, Phonpei publisher intangible.org accessdate 2007 06 13 ref Typhoon ... total color blindness in sufferers. ref cite journal title Pingelap and Mokil Atolls historical genetics ... . ref cite journal title Pingelap and Mokil Atolls achromatopsia first I.E. last Hussels first2 N.E. ... on the Pingelap Island, the achromatopsia mutation fluctuated immensely from generation 3 to generation ... of Pohnpei da Pingelap de Pingelap fr Pingelap ko it Pingelap lt Pingelapas fi Pingelap ... more details
Infobox language name Pingelapese states Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia region Pingelap speakers approx. 750 familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Micronesian languages Micronesian fam5 Nuclear Micronesian fam6 Trukic languages Trukic fam7 Ponapeic languages Ponapeic iso3 pif script Latin script Pingelapese is a Micronesian languages Micronesian language spoken on the Pingelap atoll . It is a language featuring both reduplication and triplication . DEFAULTSORT Pingelapese Language Category Languages of the Federated States of Micronesia Category Micronesian languages Category Pohnpei Au lang stub Micronesia stub de Pingelapische Sprache fr Pingelap langue it Pingelapese pms Lenga Pingelapese fi Pingelapin kieli ... more details
Infobox Book name The Island of the Colorblind title orig translator image image caption author Oliver Sacks illustrator cover artist country language English language English series subject genre publisher A.A. Knopf pub date 1997 english pub date media type pages 336 isbn 978 0676970357 oclc 35235302 preceded by An Anthropologist on Mars 1995 followed by Uncle Tungsten 2001 The Island of the Colorblind is a book by neurologist Oliver Sacks about achromatopsia on the Micronesia n atoll of Pingelap . The second half of the book is devoted to the mystery of Lytico Bodig disease in Guam . External links http www.oliversacks.com island.htm The Island of the Colorblind med book stub DEFAULTSORT Island of the Colorblind Category 1997 books Category Books by Oliver Sacks it L isola dei senza colore tr Renkk rleri Adas ... more details
saved book title A Companion Guide to Atlas of Remote Islands subtitle A Companion Guide cover image Laurie Island.jpg cover color black A Companion Guide to Atlas of Remote Islands Note This book is intended to be a companion to Judith Schalansky s Atlas of Remote Islands Arctic Ocean Bear Island Norway Bear Island Uyedineniya Island Lonely Island Rudolf Island Atlantic Ocean Annob n Province Annob n Ascension Island Bouvet Island Brava, Cape Verde Brava Saint Helena Southern Thule St Kilda, Scotland St. Kilda Trindade Tristan da Cunha Indian Ocean le Amsterdam Amsterdam Island Christmas Island Cocos Keeling Islands South Keeling Islands Crozet Islands Possession Island Diego Garcia le Saint Paul Saint Paul Island Tromelin Island Pacific Ocean Antipodes Islands Atlasov Island Banaba Island Bokak Atoll Campbell Island dn Clipperton Island Clipperton Atoll Cocos Island Easter Island Fangataufa Floreana Island Howland Island Iwo Jima Macquarie Island Napuka Norfolk Island Pagan island Pagan Pingelap Pitcairn Islands Pukapuka Raoul Island Rapa Iti Robinson Crusoe Island Robinson Crusoe Semisopochnoi Island Socorro Island Pribilof Islands St George Island Takuu Atoll Tikopia Antarctic Ocean Deception Island Franklin Island Antarctica Franklin Island Laurie Island Peter I Island ... more details
coord 6 40 N 159 46 E display title Infobox Island name Mokil image name Mokil Landsat.jpg image caption Landsat false colour satellite photograph of Mokil image size 250px locator map Federated States of Micronesia location map.svg native name native name link nickname location Pacific Ocean coordinates coord 6 40 N 159 46 E archipelago Caroline Islands total islands 3 major islands Urak, Kahlap, Manton area km2 2 km sup 2 sup highest mount country Federated States of Micronesia country admin divisions title country admin divisions country admin divisions title 2 country admin divisions 2 country admin divisions title 1 country admin divisions 1 country capital city country largest city country largest city population country leader title country leader name population 147 population as of 2008 census ethnic groups Mokil, Polynesian additional info Mokil also Mwoakilloa , previously named Wellington Island or Duperrey Island is an inhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean . Geographically, it belongs to the Caroline Islands and is a district of the outlying islands of Pohnpei of the Federated States of Micronesia . Mokil lies 153 kilometres east of Pohnpei and approximately 113 kilometres northwest of Pingelap . The almost rectangular atoll is 4.5 kilometres long and 2.8 kilometres broad. The atoll consists of the three islands Urak , Kahlap Mokil , and Manton , forming a central lagoon of approximately 2 square kilometres in area. Only the northeast island Kahlap is inhabited, with the town facing the lagoon. The total area of all islands is approximately 1.24 square kilometres. The population of Mokil decreased from 177 in 2000 ref http www.pacificweb.org DOCS fsm 2000PohnpeiCensus 2000 20Pohnpei 20Census 20Report Final.pdf Pohnpei Census 2000 PDF ref to 147 in 2008. The inhabitants speak Mokilese similar to the Pohnpeian language in the family of Micronesian languages . References Reflist External links http www.oceandots.com pacific caroline mokil.php Mokil ... more details
Refimprove date March 2010 Incubator code chk Infobox language name Chuukese states Federated States of Micronesia region Chuuk speakers 48,200 date 2000 date census familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Central Eastern Oceanic languages Central Eastern fam5 Micronesian languages Micronesian fam6 Micronesian Proper fam7 Nuclear Micronesian fam8 Trukic languages Trukic nation Federated States of Micronesia iso2 chk iso3 chk Chuukese also called Trukese is a Trukic languages Trukic language of the Austronesian languages Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia . There are some speakers on Pohnpei and Guam as well. Estimates place the number of speakers at about 45,000 including second language speakers. Distribution The language of Chuuk belongs to the enormous Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian family , one of the major branches of the Austronesian language phylum. The other major branches, known collectively as the Formosan languages , are only found on Taiwan , whereas the Malayo Polynesian branches consist of languages that are distributed all through the Pacific Islands , Indonesia , the Philippines , Malaysia , and Madagascar . Chuukese falls within the Micronesian languages Nuclear Micronesian subdivision of the Oceanic languages Oceanic division of the Austronesian language phylum. This subdivision consists of Kiribati language Kiribati , Marshallese language Marshallese , Kosraean language Kosraean , Nauruan language Nauruan , and the Ponapeic Trukic languages Ponapeic Trukic language groups. The Ponapeic languages Ponapeic group consists of dialects spoken on Pohnpei , Mwoakiloa , Pingelap , and Sapwuahfik . Languages in the Trukic languages Trukic group are closely related and extend over most of the Caroline Islands, from the Satawan Mortlock Islands southeast of Chuuk t ... more details
TOCright Below are the administrative divisions of the Federated States of Micronesia . States class wikitable border 1 Flag State Capital Land area ref http www.fsmgov.org info geog.html FSM government website Geography ref Population ref http www.fsmgov.org info people.html FSM government website Population ref Population density flagicon Chuuk size 50px Chuuk Weno 127 km 53,595 420 per km flagicon Kosrae size 50px Kosrae Tofol 110 km 7,686 70 per km flagicon Pohnpei size 50px Pohnpei Kolonia 346 km 34,486 100 per km flagicon Yap size 50px Yap Colonia, Yap Colonia 118 km 11,241 95 per km Cities Colonia, Yap Kolonia Lelu, Micronesia Lelu Palikir National capital Tol island Tol Weno Municipalities Chuuk , State of Dublon Dublon Tonowas Eot island Eot Ettal island Ettal Fala Beguets Fananu Fefan Kutu island Kutu Losap Lukunor Magur island Magur Moch Moen island Moen Murilo Nama Micronesia Nama Namoluk Nomwin Onari Oneop Ono Micronesia Ono Param, Micronesia Param Pis Losap Pisaras Pulap Pulusuk Puluwat Romanum island Romanum Ruo Satawan Ta island Ta Tamatam Tol island Tol Tsis Udot, Federated States of Micronesia Udot Ulul Uman island Uman Kosrae , State of Lelu, Micronesia Lelu Malem, Kosrae Malem Tafunsak Utwe Utwa Walung Pohnpei , State of Kapingamarangi Kitti Kolonia Madolenihmw Mokil Nett Ngatik Nukuoro Oroluk Pingelap Sokehs Uh Atoll Uh Yap , State of Dalipebinau Eauripik Elato Fais Island Fanif Faraulep Gaferut Island Gagil Gilman, Yap Gilman Ifalik Kanifay Lamotrek Map Ngulu Atoll Ngulu Pikelot Rull Rumung Satawal Sorol Tomil Ulithi Weloy Woleai See also ISO 3166 2 FM External links statoids id ufm title States of Micronesia statoids id yfm title Municipalities of Micronesia http www.yapese.com Yapese.com Connecting Islanders Notes reflist 2 Oceania in topic List of cities in Federated States of Micronesia topics Articles on first level administrative divisions of Oceanian countries Category Subdivisions of the Federated States of Micronesia Category Populated ... more details
and Manila . Pohnpei s outer islands include Pingelap , Mokil Atoll Mokil , Ant Atoll Ant , Pakin ... atoll Oroluk west atoll, includes Minto Reef Pingelap far east atoll Sokehs main island, northwest ... Nearby islands The atoll of Pingelap , located convert 270 km mi to the east of Pohnpei, but part ... . Maskun is relatively rare but often shows up in communities with small gene pool s. Pingelap ... detailed descriptions of Pohnpei, and of a Pingelap immigrant community on the island. The ancient ... more details
publisher Mosby location St. Louis ref However, in the small Micronesia n atoll of Pingelap approximately ... S0140 6736 70 91740 X ref ref name Hussels 1972 cite journal author Hussels IE, Morton NE title Pingelap ... and devastated the Micronesia n atoll of Pingelap . The typhoon and ensuing famine left only around ... more details
hit Pingelap Atoll , and in combination with a subsequent famine, reduced the island s population ... disorder genetic form of color blindness called achromatopsia . ref name Pingelap in Nature cite .... ref name Pingelap in Nature File FEMA 8414 Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 09 20 2003 in North ... more details
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