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| | Culture - Federated States of Micronesia |
 | | he people of the FSM are culturally and linguistically Micronesian, with a small number of Polynesians living primarily on Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi atolls of Pohnpei State. |
 | | Prior to Western contact, this isolation led to the development of unique traditions, customs and language on each of the islands. |
 | | English is the official language, and there are eight major indigenous languages of the Malayo-Polynesian linguistic family spoken in the FSM: Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Kosraean, Nukuoro, and Kapingamarangi. |
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