Nguluwan language

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Nguluwan
Native to Federated States of Micronesia
Region Ngulu Atoll
Native speakers
50  (2000)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nuw

Nguluwan is a "mixed" language spoken on an atoll of that name between Yap and Palau. The grammar and lexicon are Yapese, but the phonology has been affected by Ulithian, and speakers are shifting to that language.

References

  1. Nguluwan reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
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