Sonsorolese language

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The Sonsorolese language is a Micronesian language spoken by the inhabitants of Sonsorol and nearby atolls in Palau, closely related to other Carolinian languages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sonsorolese language canonical 2
Sonsorolese 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Micronesian language
language
closelyRelatedTo Carolinian language
Tobian language NERFINISHED
country Palau NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus severely endangered
ethnolinguisticGroup Micronesians NERFINISHED
family Austronesian NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution Southwestern Palau atolls NERFINISHED
group Oceanic
hasAlternativeName Sonsorol NERFINISHED
Sonsorolese NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalType consonant–vowel syllable structure
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-3 sov
languageFamilyBranch Nuclear Micronesian NERFINISHED
languageStatus minority language in Palau
primaryCountry Palau NERFINISHED
region Caroline Islands NERFINISHED
Southwest Islands of Palau NERFINISHED
spokenIn Fanna NERFINISHED
Merir NERFINISHED
Pulo Anna NERFINISHED
Sonsorol NERFINISHED
subclassOf Carolinian language
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
subgroup Micronesian
usedBy Sonsorolese people NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (3)

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

Refaluwasch language closelyRelatedTo Sonsorolese language
Carolinean people usesLanguage Sonsorolese language
Sonsorol Islands officialLanguage Sonsorolese language
this entity surface form: Sonsorolese