Kosraean language

Kosraean language

language
name=Kosraean
familycolor=Austronesian
states=Federated States of Micronesia
region=Kosrae
speakers=8,000
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Eastern
fam4=Oceanic
fam5=Central-Eastern
fam6=Remote Oceanic
fam7=Micronesian
fam8=Micronesian Proper
nation=Federated States of Micronesia
iso2=kos|iso3=kos

Kosraean, also sometimes called Kusaiean, is the language spoken on the islands of Kosrae (Kusaie), Caroline Islands, and Nauru. In 2001 there were approximately 8,000 speakers.

Further reading

*Yi, K.-d. (1976). "Kusaiean-English dictionary". PALI language texts. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0824804139


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