Refaluwasch language
E95685
The Refaluwasch language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Carolinian people of the Northern Mariana Islands, particularly on Saipan and nearby islands.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Carolinian diaspora communities
ⓘ
Carolinian identity ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Sonsorolese language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ulithian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Woleaian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlternateSpelling |
Refalawasch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Refaluwash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Carolinian language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saipan Carolinian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
oral tradition
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ traditional navigation terminology ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Carolinian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | cari1273 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | cal ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | documented in descriptive grammars and dictionaries ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
geminate consonants ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort | community-based language programs in Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulation | several thousand speakers ⓘ |
| hasTeachingContext | taught in some schools in Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chamorro language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English language NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Carolinian people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Northern Mariana Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rota NERFINISHED ⓘ Saipan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Micronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | community language on Saipan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Carolinian cultural practices
ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands public life ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.