Puluwatese

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A language of Micronesia

ISO 639-3
puw
Alternate Names
Puluwat
User Population

1,500 (Lynch 2002c).

Location

Chuuk state: Pollap, Polowat, Pulusuk, and Tamtam islands, about 260 km west of Chuuk lagoon.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Pohnpeic-Chuukic, Chuukic
Dialects

Puluwatese, Pulapese, Pulusukese. 64% intelligibility of Satawalese [stw], 40% of Woleaian [woe], 21% of Ulithian [uli]. Lexical similarity: 88% with Satawalese [stw] and Carolinian [cal], 83% with Mortlockese [mrl], 82% with Woleaian [woe], 81% with Chuukese [chk], 72% with Ulithian [uli].

Typology

SVO; prepositions; classifiers; no articles; 30 consonants and 18 vowels; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable possession.

Language Use

Vigorous. Used by all. Also use English [eng].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Puluwatese