Carolinian
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Carolinian is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Northern Mariana Islands, closely related to other Micronesian languages and central to the cultural identity of the Carolinian people.
Aliases (3)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
→
Micronesian language → natural language → |
| associatedPeople |
Carolinian people
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|
| belongsTo |
Micronesian subgroup of Oceanic languages
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|
| centralTo |
Carolinian cultural identity
→
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chuukese
→
Ulithian → Woleaian → |
| country |
United States
→
|
| endangeredStatus |
vulnerable language
→
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Refaluwasch language
→
Saipan Carolinian → |
| hasCommunityEfforts |
language revitalization programs in the Northern Mariana Islands
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|
| hasCulturalRole |
marker of Carolinian ethnic identity
→
medium of traditional navigation knowledge → medium of traditional rituals and ceremonies → |
| hasDialect |
Saipan dialect
→
varieties linked to different atoll origins → |
| hasEthnologueEntry |
Carolinian
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|
| hasGlottocode |
crol1237
→
|
| hasISO6393Code |
cal
→
|
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Chamorro
→
English → Japanese → |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
→
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
→
prenasalized stops → |
| hasRegulatoryBody |
Carolinian language committees in the Northern Mariana Islands
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|
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Saipan Carolinian community
→
|
| historicalOrigin |
Caroline Islands migration to Saipan
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|
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
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|
| partOf |
Oceanic branch of Austronesian
→
|
| politicalEntity |
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
→
|
| region |
Western Pacific Ocean
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|
| spokenIn |
Northern Mariana Islands
→
Saipan → |
| statusInCNMI |
recognized indigenous language
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|
| subfamily |
Micronesian languages
→
|
| taughtIn |
some schools in the Northern Mariana Islands
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|
| usedAlongside |
English in the Northern Mariana Islands
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|
| usedFor |
daily communication among Carolinian people
→
oral tradition → storytelling → traditional songs → |
| usedIn |
local radio programs in the Northern Mariana Islands
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|
| wordOrder |
SVO
→
|
| writingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
Referenced by (14)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Northern Mariana Islands
→
Saipan → Tinian → |
officialLanguage |
|
Northern Mariana Islands
→
Tinian → |
ethnicGroup |
|
Micronesia
("Carolinian people")
→
Saipan → |
hasEthnicGroup |
|
Carolinian
("Carolinian people")
→
|
associatedPeople |
|
Carolinian
→
|
hasEthnologueEntry |
|
Palauan
→
|
hasNeighboringLanguages |
|
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands
→
|
hasOfficialLanguage |
|
Carolinean languages
("Carolinian language")
→
|
hasPart |
|
Carolinian (New York segment)
→
|
partOf |
|
Ulithian
("Carolinian languages")
→
|
subgroupOf |