Sonsorolese language

Sonsorolese language

language
name=Sonsorolese
states=Palau, Northern Mariana Islands ("United States")
region=Palau: Sonsorol state (all three inhabited islands Sonsorol, Pulo Anna and Merir) and Helen Reef (Hatohobei state), Northern Mariana Islands: "Unknown"
speakers=600
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Central Eastern
fam4=Eastern
fam5=Oceanic
fam6=Central-Eastern
fam7=Remote
fam8=Micronesian
fam9=Proper
fam10=Ponapeic-Trukic
fam11=Trukic
iso2=map|iso3=sov
The Sonsorolese language is a language spoken in Palau, on the island of Sonsorol, and the Northern Mariana Islands, by about 600 people. It is an Austronesian language.

Dialects

* Pulo-Annan
* Sonsorolese

External links

* [http://www.sonsorol.com/language/index_eng.htm Language page at Sonsorol.com]


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