Pingelapese language

E439105

Austronesian language Micronesian language

Pingelapese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the atoll of Pingelap in the Federated States of Micronesia, known for its small speaker population and association with a high incidence of achromatopsia (complete colorblindness) in the community.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pingelapese	2
Pingelapese language canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ Micronesian language ⓘ
associatedWith	Pingelapese community ⓘ Pingelapese people NERFINISHED ⓘ achromatopsia ⓘ high incidence of complete colorblindness on Pingelap ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Pohnpeian language NERFINISHED ⓘ other Nuclear Micronesian languages ⓘ
continent	Oceania ⓘ
country	Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn	linguistic field studies on Micronesian languages ⓘ
endangermentStatus	endangered language ⓘ vulnerable ⓘ
governingCountry	Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Pingelap NERFINISHED ⓘ Pingelapese NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	marker of Pingelapese identity ⓘ vehicle of traditional knowledge transmission ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	use of prefixes and suffixes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	typical Oceanic phoneme inventory ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature	bilingualism with English ⓘ bilingualism with Pohnpeian ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	basic SVO word order ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	pif ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
macroArea	Pacific ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	small number of speakers ⓘ
primaryLocation	Pingelap Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
riskFactor	language shift to English ⓘ language shift to Pohnpeian ⓘ small speaker base ⓘ
spokenIn	Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pingelap Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ Pohnpei State NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamily	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
subgroup	Micronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuclear Micronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
typologicalArea	Oceanic Pacific languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication in Pingelap community ⓘ
usedIn	local oral traditions ⓘ local songs ⓘ local storytelling ⓘ
usedInEducation	local primary education to some extent ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Micronesian languages → hasLanguage → Pingelapese language ⓘ

Pingelapese people → hasEndonym → Pingelapese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pingelapese

Pingelap Atoll → hasLanguage → Pingelapese language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pingelapese