Woleai

Woleai Atoll (.) is a cluster of 22 islets located in Micronesia's Yap group, in the Caroline Islands. The current population is approximately 800. During most of World War II, the atoll was used as an airstrip by Japanese forces. Woleai is peculiar culturally insofar as that a unique syllabic or rebus script was discovered by John Macmillan Brown to be in use among some natives in 1913.

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Micronesia: Micronesia (from the Greek words μικρόν = small and νησί = island) is the name of a region in the Pacific Ocean. The Philippines lie to the west, Indonesia to the south west, Papua New Guinea and Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the south-eas...

Yap: :This article is about the island of Yap. For "Yap" the computer program, see Yap (computer program)...

Caroline Islands: :Do not confuse the Caroline Islands with Caroline Island, part of Kiribati (Southern Line Islands), also in the central Pacific Ocean....