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===Sonsorolese people===
The Sonsorolese are a small Micronesian people of the Chuukic group, that inhabit the islands of [[Pulo Anna]], [[Merir]] and [[Sonsorol]] in the island nation of [[Palau]]. A small proportion live in both the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] and the [[Federated States of Micronesia]]. The Sonsorolese are linguistically related to the Tobians and make up the westernmost representatives of the Chuukic language group. Most Sonsorolese live in the village of [[Echang]] near [[Koror]], where they moved for economic reasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonsorol.com/language/index_eng.htm |title=Sonsorolese language |journal= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314051132/http://www.sonsorol.com/language/index_eng.htm |archive-date=14 March 2007|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>
 
The Sonsorolese are both linguistically and culturally most closely related to Carolinians. Ethnographic information about them was left by [[Jose Somera]], a member of the [[Don Francisco Padilla]] expedition who discovered the islands in 1710. According to him, their clothing consisted of an apron, cloak and conical hat, and was similar to that described by Paul Klein in 1696 among the Carolinians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://micsem.org/pubs/articles/historical/frames/earlyeurfr.htm|title=Early European Contact with the Western Carolines|website=micsem.org}}</ref>