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TABLE 2 
Similar or Identical Native Names of the Total Names Recorded 
BETWEEN Islands and Percentages of Similarty. 
ANT 
MOKIL 
PINGELAP 
Kusaie 
4 of 38 (11 per cent) 
(native 1, food 2, ornamen- 
tal 1) 
12 of 40 (30 per cent) 
(native 6, food 4, ornamen- 
tal 2) 
10 of 44 (22.7 per cent) 
(native 6, food 2, ornamen- 
tal 2) 
Pingelap 
9 of 44 (20.5 per cent) 
(native 3, food 4, economic 
1, ornamental 1) 
39 of 56 (70 per cent) 
(native 19, food 8, adventive 
6, economic 1, ornamental 5) 
Mokil 
8 of 42 (19 per cent) 
(native 2, food 4, economic 
1, ornamental 1) 
Ponape 
14 of 45 (31 per cent) 
(native 7, food 5, economic 
1, ornamental 1) 
24 of 46 (52 per cent) 
(native 11, food 9, adventive 
1, ornamental 3) 
26 of 48 (54 per cent) 
(native 15, food 8, adventive 
1, ornamental 2) 
Ant 
Truk 
30 of 50 (60 per cent) 
(native 21, food 7, economic 
1, ornamental 1) 
14 of 50 (28 per cent) 
(native 6, food 5, economic 
1, ornamental 2) 
13 of 53 (24.5 per cent) 
(native 6, food 5, economic 
1, ornamental 1) 
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