Chamorro

E1180

Austronesian language Malayo-Polynesian language language

Chamorro is an Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous Chamorro people of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Aliases (8)

Chamorro language ×8
Chamorro people ×5
Chamorro language group ×1
Chamorro language group (Mariana Islands) ×1
Chamoru ×1
Finuʼ Chamoru ×1
Guam Chamorro ×1
Northern Mariana Islands Chamorro ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language → Malayo-Polynesian language → language →
autonym	Finuʼ Chamoru →
closelyRelatedTo	Palauan (debated and not closely related) →
endangeredStatus	vulnerable language →
ethnicGroupAssociated	Chamorro people →
hasAlternativeName	Chamoru →
hasBibleTranslation	partial →
hasDialects	Guam Chamorro → Northern Mariana Islands Chamorro →
hasGrammarType	agglutinative features →
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts	true →
hasLoanwordsFrom	English → Spanish →
hasMorphology	affixation-rich →
hasOfficialStatusIn	Guam → Northern Mariana Islands →
hasOnlinePresence	true →
hasPhonemicContrast	geminate consonants → vowel length →
hasSignificantSpanishInfluence	true →
hasStressPattern	penultimate stress (with exceptions) →
historicalColonialInfluence	Spanish Empire → United States →
ISO639-1Code	ch →
ISO639-2Code	cha →
ISO639-3Code	cha →
languageFamily	Austronesian languages → Malayo-Polynesian languages →
primaryWordOrder	verb–subject–object →
region	Micronesia →
regulatingBody	Chamorro Language Commission (Northern Mariana Islands) → Department of Chamorro Affairs (Guam) →
spokenBy	Chamorro people →
spokenByMinorityIn	California → Hawaii → United States →
spokenIn	Guam → Northern Mariana Islands →
usedIn	cultural ceremonies of Chamorro people → education in Guam →
usedInMedia	local radio in Guam → local radio in Northern Mariana Islands →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Guam → Northern Mariana Islands → Saipan → Tinian →	officialLanguage
Government of Guam → Government of the Northern Mariana Islands → Hagåtña →	hasOfficialLanguage
Guam → Northern Mariana Islands →	ethnicGroup
Chamorro ("Guam Chamorro") → Chamorro ("Northern Mariana Islands Chamorro") →	hasDialects
Micronesia ("Chamorro language") → Superior Court of Guam →	hasLanguage
Carolinian → Saipan Carolinian →	hasLoanwordsFrom
Austronesian languages ("Chamorro language group") → Austronesian languages ("Chamorro language group (Mariana Islands)") →	hasSubfamily
Chamorro people ("Chamorro language") → Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands →	language
Chamorro Language Commission (Northern Mariana Islands) ("Chamorro language") → Judiciary of Guam →	languageOfWorkOrName
Dededo → Northern Mariana Islands Senate →	languageUsed
Micronesians ("Chamorro language") → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature →	usesLanguage
Chamorro Language Commission (Northern Mariana Islands) ("Chamorro language") →	appliesToLanguage
Chamorro ("Finuʼ Chamoru") →	autonym
Guam →	demonym
Chamorro ("Chamorro people") →	ethnicGroupAssociated
Department of Chamorro Affairs (Guam) ("Chamorro people") →	ethnicGroupServed
Chamorro people →	ethnicity
Chamorro Language Commission (Northern Mariana Islands) ("Chamorro people") →	focusesOnEthnicGroup
Guam →	hasIndigenousPeople
Pagan →	hasLanguageOfFormerResidents
Palauan →	hasNeighboringLanguages
Department of Chamorro Affairs (Guam) ("Chamorro language") →	hasPrimaryLanguageFocus
Malayo-Polynesian languages ("Chamorro language") →	includesLanguage
Proto-Austronesian →	isAncestorOf
Chamorro Standard Time ("Chamorro people") →	namedAfter
Agrihan →	nameLanguage
Governor of Guam →	nativeLabelLanguage
Rota →	primaryLanguage
Chamorro people ("Chamoru") →	selfDesignation
Chamorro ("Chamorro people") →	spokenBy
Chamorro Language Commission (Northern Mariana Islands) ("Chamorro language") →	topic