Guam

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Chamorro

[cha] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1974, Guam Code Annotated, Chapter 7, Section 706, amended). 30,300 in Guam (2015). Total users in all countries: 64,300.

English

[eng] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1974, Guam Code Annotated, Chapter 7, Section 706, amended), dominates in administration, education and media. 163,200 in Guam, all users. L1 users: 63,200 in Guam (2013 census). L2 users: 100,000 (Crystal 2003a).

5 (Dispersed)

Tagalog

[tgl] 5* (Dispersed). 36,000 in Guam (2015).

5 (Developing)

American Sign Language

[ase] 5 (Developing). 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.

Unestablished

Chinese

[zho] Unestablished. 2,600 in Guam (2015 World Factbook).

Japanese

[jpn] Unestablished. 2,500 in Guam (2015 World Factbook).

Korean

[kor] Unestablished. 3,600 in Guam (2015 World Factbook).

Spanish

[spa] Unestablished. 21,700 in Guam, all users. L1 users: 1,200 in Guam (Instituto Cervantes 2019). L2 users: 20,500 (2018).

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