Nukuoro language

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Nukuoro
Spoken in: Micronesia 
Region: Western Nukuoro Island
Total speakers: First language: about 860
Language family: Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
  Eastern
   Central-Eastern Oceanic
    Nuclear Polynesian
     Samoic
      Nukuoro 
Official status
Official language of: -
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: -
ISO 639-2: nkr
ISO/FDIS 639-3: nkr

Nukuoro is a language belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken by about 860 people on the Nukuoro Island and on Pohnpei in Micronesia. It is extremely similar to Kapingamarangi language.

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