Northern Mariana Islands

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Official Name
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Sovereignty Comment
Partly self-governing insular area in a commonwealth association with the United States
Population Full

56,200 (2018 census)

General Remarks
Includes Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Agrigan, Alamagan and 10 other islands or island groups
Principal Languages
English
Literacy Rate
97% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
General References
Bender, B. 1971, Bender and Capelle 1996, Bender and Rehg 1991, Ellis 1991
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Northern Mariana Islands is 4. All are living languages. Of these, 3 are indigenous and 1 is non-indigenous. Furthermore, 3 are institutional and 1 is in trouble. Also listed are 4 unestablished languages.