Kosraean language

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The Kosraean language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Micronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
alternativeName Kosrae
Kusaie
closelyRelatedTo Chuukese language
Gilbertese language
Marshallese language
Pohnpeian language
country Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED
glottologCode kosr1238
glottologName Kosraean
governingBody Kosrae State Department of Education
hasDomain education in Kosrae
local media in Kosrae
hasEthnicGroup Kosraean people
hasGrammaticalFeature prepositions rather than postpositions
subject marking on verbs
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom English language
German language
Japanese language
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasMorphologicalFeature possessive classifiers
rich verbal inflection
hasNumberOfSpeakers several thousand
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
five-vowel system
simple consonant inventory
hasScriptHistory missionary-devised Latin orthography
hasSubgroup Nuclear Micronesian languages
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-1Code none
ISO639-2Code kos
ISO639-3Code kos
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Micronesian languages
Oceanic languages
primaryRegion Island of Kosrae
region Western Pacific Ocean
spokenIn Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED
Kosrae
Micronesia
status minority language
vulnerable language
usedAlongside English language
usedFor daily communication on Kosrae
usedInReligion Christian church services on Kosrae
writingSystem Latin script


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