Yapese language
Oceanic language spoken in Micronesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yapese is an Austronesian language in the Oceanic branch spoken by the people on the island of Yap (Federated States of Micronesia). It has been difficult to classify it further, but Yapese may prove to be one of the Admiralty Islands languages.[2] The Yapese language refers to the language spoken specifically on the Yap Main Islands, and does not include the Chuukic languages spoken in the Yap Neighboring Islands: Ulithian, Woleaian, and Satawalese (and to an extent, Nguluwan).
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Yapese | |
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Thin nu Wa’ab | |
Native to | Federated States of Micronesia |
Region | Island of Yap |
Ethnicity | Yapese |
Native speakers | 5,130 (2005)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | yap |
ISO 639-3 | yap |
Glottolog | yape1248 |
Coordinates: 9.56°N 138.12°E / 9.56; 138.12 |
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