Satawan dialect

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The Satawan dialect is a regional variety of the Mortlockese language spoken primarily on Satawan Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lukunor dialect 1
Satawan dialect canonical 1

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of Mortlockese
belongsTo Chuukic branch of Micronesian languages
closelyRelatedTo other Mortlockese dialects
country Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution central and southern Chuuk Lagoon outer islands
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language NERFINISHED
Proto-Micronesian language NERFINISHED
Proto-Oceanic language NERFINISHED
hasLanguageCodeStatus may not have an individual ISO 639-3 code
hasLinguisticFeature Austronesian grammatical structure
Micronesian phonological characteristics
hasSociolinguisticStatus local community language
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isSpokenBy inhabitants of Satawan Atoll
isVarietyOf Mortlockese language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Micronesian languages NERFINISHED
partOf Mortlockese language NERFINISHED
region Mortlock Islands NERFINISHED
spokenIn Chuuk State NERFINISHED
Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED
Satawan Atoll NERFINISHED
usedFor everyday communication on Satawan Atoll
usedIn traditional cultural practices on Satawan Atoll

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

Mortlockese language hasDialect Satawan dialect
Mortlockese language hasDialect Satawan dialect
this entity surface form: Lukunor dialect