Palauan

E53119

Palauan is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Republic of Palau in the western Pacific Ocean.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Palauan language 13
Palauan canonical 10
Palauan people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
language
belongsToSubgroup Palauan language branch
coOfficialWith English
ethnicity Micronesians
surface form: Palauans
hasAlternativeName Belauan
Palauan
surface form: Palau language
hasGlottocode pala1344
hasGlottologName Palauan
hasLanguageRegulator Palau Language Commission
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom English
German
Japanese
Malay
Philippine languages
Spanish
hasMorphologicalFeature affixation
rich verbal morphology
hasNativeName a tekoi er a Belau
Beluu er a Belau
surface form: tekoi er a Belau
hasNeighboringLanguages Carolinian
Chamorro
Yapese
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate 20000
approximately 20000 speakers
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters
contrastive vowel length
hasTypology agglutinative language
hasUniquePositionWithin Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian language family
hasWordOrder verb–subject–object
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Micronesian languages
ISO639-1Code pau
ISO639-2Code pau
ISO639-3Code pau
languageFamily Austronesian languages
officialLanguageOf Palau
surface form: Republic of Palau
primaryCountry Palau
region Micronesia
western Pacific Ocean
surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
spokenIn Palau
Palau
surface form: Republic of Palau
status majority language in Palau
national language of Palau
usedIn national government of Palau
surface form: Palauan government

Palauan media
daily communication in Palau
education in Palau
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Palau officialLanguage Palauan
Micronesia hasLanguage Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Malayo-Polynesian languages includesLanguage Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Palauan language group (Micronesia) hasMember Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Palauan language group (Micronesia) hasISO639Representative Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Micronesians hasSubgroup Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan people
Micronesians usesLanguage Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Ngerulmud languageUsed Palauan
Koror languageUsed Palauan
Palauan hasAlternativeName Palauan
this entity surface form: Palau language
Peleliu hasOfficialLanguage Palauan
Caroline Islands majorLanguages Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Yapese people relatedEthnicGroup Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan people
Austronesian linguistics studies Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Tobian language hasShiftPressureFrom Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
OEK usesLanguage Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Palau Language Commission officialLanguageRegulated Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Palau Language Commission languageRegulated Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Palau Language Commission workLanguage Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
House of Delegates of Palau nativeNameLanguage Palauan
this entity surface form: Palauan language
Senate of Palau languageUsed Palauan
Koror Island languageUsed Palauan