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Marshallese language

Spoken language
Marshallese, 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. Wikipedia
Region: Oceania
Constitution day: May 1st
Ethnicity: Marshallese
Language family: Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Micronesian > Micronesian Proper > Nuclear Micronesian > Marshallese
Native speakers: (55,000 cited 1979)
Native to: Marshall Islands