Nukuoro

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A language of Micronesia

ISO 639-3
nkr
Alternate Names
Nuguor, Nukoro
Autonym
Nukuoro
User Population

600 (2016 E. Drummond). 400 on Pohnpei, 200 on Nukuoro.

Location

Pohnpei state: Nukuoro island, about 480 km southwest of Pohnpei island.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Ellicean
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 55% with Kapingamarangi [kpg].

Typology

SVO, VSO.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, community, church. Used by all. Many also use Pohnpeian [pon], especially older speakers.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 80%. Dictionary. NT: 1986.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nukuoro
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

There are also 200 speakers living in diaspora communities in Guam and the United States, mainly in Oregon, North Carolina, and Arkansas (2020 E. Drummond). Christian.