In 1999 the total population of the Ralik islands was 19,915.

[citation needed] Christopher Loeak, who became President of the Marshall Islands in 2012, was formerly Minister for the Ralik Chain.

List of atolls and isolated islands in the chain: The Rālik Chain is home to the Rālik dialect (or western dialect) of the Marshallese language.

The two dialects differ mainly in lexicon and in certain regular phonological reflexes.

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