The Ralik Chain (Marshallese: , ) is a chain of islands within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. Ralik means "sunset". It is west of the Ratak Chain. In 1999 the total population of the Ralik islands was 19,915. 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:
Ailinginae Atoll
Ailinglaplap Atoll
Bikini Atoll
Ebon Atoll
Enewetak Atoll
Jabat Island
Jaluit Atoll
Kili Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Lae Atoll
Lib Island
Namdrik Atoll
Namu Atoll
Rongdrik Atoll
Rongelap Atoll
Ujae Atoll
Ujelang Atoll
Wotho Atoll
Language
The Rālik Chain is home to the Rālik dialect (or western dialect) of the Marshallese language. It is mutually intelligible with the Ratak dialect (or eastern dialect) located on the Ratak Chain. The two dialects differ mainly in lexicon and in certain regular phonological reflexes.