Kosraean language

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Kosraean
Spoken in: Federated States of Micronesia 
Region: Kosrae
Total speakers: 8,000
Language family: Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Eastern
   Oceanic
    Central-Eastern
     Remote Oceanic
      Micronesian
       Micronesian Proper
        Kosraean 
Official status
Official language in: Federated States of Micronesia
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: kos
ISO 639-3: kos


Kosraean, also sometimes called Kusaiean, is the language spoken on the islands of Kosrae (Kusaie), Caroline Islands, and Nauru. In 2001 there were approximately 8,000 speakers.

[edit] Further reading

  • Yi, K.-d. (1976). Kusaiean-English dictionary. PALI language texts. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0824804139
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