Saipan Carolinian

E94850

Austronesian language Micronesian language natural language

Saipan Carolinian is a Micronesian language spoken primarily by the Carolinian community on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Aliases (3)

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language → Micronesian language → natural language →
closelyRelatedTo	Carolinian language NERFINISHED → Chuukese language →
country	United States →
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered →
ethnicGroup	Carolinian people →
hasAlternativeName	Carolinian (Saipan) → Refaluwasch → Saipan Refaluwasch →
hasDialects	varieties reflecting different atoll origins of Carolinian settlers →
hasDomainOfUse	cultural and ceremonial contexts → home and community communication →
hasGrammaticalFeature	inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns → possessive classifiers → rich verbal morphology → verb–subject–object basic word order →
hasLoanwordsFrom	Chamorro → English → Japanese → Spanish →
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length → geminate consonants → stress accent →
historicalOrigin	migrants from outer islands of the Caroline Islands →
languageCodeISO639-3	cal →
languageFamily	Austronesian NERFINISHED → Chuukic NERFINISHED → Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED → Micronesian → Oceanic →
region	Micronesia NERFINISHED →
spokenIn	Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED → Saipan → United States →
statusInTerritory	recognized minority language in the Northern Mariana Islands →
subclassOf	Carolinian language NERFINISHED → Chuukic language → Oceanic language →
subjectOf	bilingual education programs on Saipan → language revitalization efforts in the Northern Mariana Islands →
usedBy	Carolinian community of Saipan →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carolinian → Saipan Carolinian ("Carolinian (Saipan)") →	hasAlternativeName
Carolinian ("Saipan Carolinian community") →	hasSpeakerCommunity
Saipan Carolinian ("Carolinian community of Saipan") →	usedBy