Naoero language

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The Naoero language is an Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous population of the Pacific island nation of Nauru.

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Naoero language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Micronesian language
Oceanic language
alternateName Nauru language
Nauruan
Nauruan
surface form: Nauruan language
belongsToSubgroup Central Pacific languages
surface form: Central Pacific languages (often classified)
coOfficialWith English
surface form: English language
country Nauru
endonym Dorerin Naoero
ethnicity Nauruans
glottologName Nauruan
hasDialects limited dialectal variation
hasGlottocode naur1243
hasLoanwordsFrom English language
German
surface form: German language

Kiribati language
Marshallese language
hasMorphologicalType moderately agglutinative
hasOfficialStatusIn Nauru
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast
stress accent
vowel length contrast
hasStandardForm standard Nauruan
ISO639-1Code na
ISO639-2Code nau
ISO639-3Code nau
languageCodeType ISO 639 language code
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
languageStatus vulnerable
nativeTo Nauru
neighboringLanguages Gilbertese language
Marshallese language
population spoken by the majority of Nauru's population
region Micronesia
Pacific Ocean
regulatingBody Government of Nauru
surface form: Nauru government (de facto)
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenBy Nauruans
surface form: Nauruan people
spokenIn Nauru
status official language of Nauru
typologicalFeature predominantly SVO word order
usedAs symbol of Nauruan national identity
usedFor education in Nauru (partly)
government communication in Nauru (alongside English)
media in Nauru
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Nauruan alternativeName Naoero language