Chamorro

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A language of Guam

ISO 639-3
cha
Alternate Names
Tjamoro
Autonym
Chamorru
User Population

30,300 in Guam (2015). Total users in all countries: 64,300.

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Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (1974, Guam Code Annotated, Chapter 7, Section 706, amended).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Chamorro
Dialects

Chamorro, Rotanese Chamorro.

Typology

SVO, VSO.

Language Use

Gaining in importance. Taught at the University of Guam.

Language Development

Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2007.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chamorro
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Influence from Spanish [spa]. Christian.

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