Yapese

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A language of Micronesia

ISO 639-3
yap
Alternate Names
Waab
Autonym
Thin nu Wa’ab
User Population

5,130 (2005 UNSD).

Location

Yap state: Yap island and 10 islands nearby.

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Language Status

2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in State of Yap (1986, Yap State Constitution, Article 14(5)).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Yapese
Typology

VSO.

Language Use

Vigorous. Used by all. Used as L2 by Nguluwan [nuw].

Language Development

Taught in primary schools in Yap state. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2007.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yapese
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.