Guam
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American Sign Language
[ase] Scattered. Users: 150 in Guam (2017 S. Kohn). Specifically, ‘45 kids and 100-plus adults who are deaf and hard of hearing’, or about 0.1% of the general population. Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: ASL. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Chamorro
[cha] Users: 30,300 in Guam (2015). Total users in all countries: 64,300. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1974, Guam Code Annotated, Chapter 7, Section 706, amended). Alternate Names: Tjamoro. Autonym: Chamorru. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Chamorro.
Chinese
[zho] A macrolanguage. 2,600 in Guam (2015 World Factbook). Non-indigenous.
English
[eng] Users: 163,200 in Guam, all users. L1 users: 63,200 in Guam (2013 census). L2 users: 100,000 (Crystal 2003a). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1974, Guam Code Annotated, Chapter 7, Section 706, amended), dominates in administration, education and media. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Japanese
[jpn] Users: 2,500 in Guam (2015 World Factbook). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Japonic.
Korean
[kor] Users: 3,600 in Guam (2015 World Factbook). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Koreanic.
Spanish
[spa] Users: 21,700 in Guam, all users. L1 users: 1,200 in Guam (Instituto Cervantes 2019). L2 users: 20,500 (2018). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Tagalog
[tgl] Widespread. Users: 36,000 in Guam (2015). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog.