Ratak

The atolls and isolated islands in the chain are:

• Ailuk Atoll
• Arno Atoll
• Aur Atoll
• Bikar Atoll
• Bokak Atoll
• Erikub Atoll
• Jemo Island
• Knox Atoll
• Likiep Atoll
• Majuro Atoll
• Maloelap Atoll
• Mejit Island
• Mili Atoll
• Taka Atoll
• Utirik Atoll
• Wotje Atoll

The Ratak Chain forms a continuous chain of seamounts with the Gilbert Islands to the south, which are part of Kiribati.

Language

The Ratak Chain is home to the Ratak dialect (or eastern dialect) of the Marshallese language. It is mutually intelligible with the Rālik dialect (or western dialect) located on the Rālik Chain. The two dialects differ mainly in lexicon and in certain regular phonological reflexes.