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Where is Pingelapese spoken?

Pingelapese (lokaehiah Pingelap) is an Austronesian language, spoken in Guam, Micronesia and the United States. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Pingelapese is spoken

Pingelapese is spoken in 3 countries: Guam, Micronesia and the United States.

Country
Guam
Micronesia
United States

Pingelapese has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Pingelapese?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Pingelapese sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Pingelapese as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Austronesian
  2. Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  4. Oceanic
  5. Micronesian
  6. Central Micronesian
  7. Western Micronesian
  8. Chuukic-Ponapeic
  9. Ponapeic
  10. Pingelapese

Related languages

Other languages in the Ponapeic group:

More about Pingelapese

Codes: ISO 639-3 pif, Glottolog ping1243. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Pingelapese

Where is Pingelapese spoken?

Pingelapese is spoken in Guam, Micronesia and the United States. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Pingelapese in?

Glottolog places Pingelapese in the Austronesian family, in the branch Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Micronesian, Central Micronesian, Western Micronesian, Chuukic-Ponapeic and Ponapeic.

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