Carolinian language
Austronesian language of the Northern Mariana Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carolinian is an Austronesian language originating in the Caroline Islands, but spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is an official language (alongside English) of the Carolinian people.[2] Carolinian is a threatened language according to the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat), but available data is scarce. There are approximately 3,100 native speakers in the world.[3] Carolinian has 95% lexical similarity with Satawalese, 88% with Woleaian and Puluwatese; 81% with Mortlockese; 78% with Chuukese, 74% with Ulithian.[4]
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Carolinian | |
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Native to | Northern Mariana Islands |
Region | Saipan, Anatahan, and Agrihan islands, Marianas |
Ethnicity | Carolinians |
Native speakers | 3,100 (2000)[1] |
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Official status | |
Official language in | ![]() |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cal |
Glottolog | caro1242 |
ELP | Carolinian |
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