Chamorro

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Chamorro is an Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous Chamorro people of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Malayo-Polynesian language
language
autonym Finuʼ Chamoru
linked to: Chamorro
closelyRelatedTo Palauan (debated and not closely related)
endangeredStatus vulnerable language
ethnicGroupAssociated Chamorro people
linked to: Chamorro
hasAlternativeName Chamoru
hasBibleTranslation partial
hasDialects Guam Chamorro
linked to: Chamorro

Northern Mariana Islands Chamorro
linked to: Chamorro
hasGrammarType agglutinative features
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts true
hasLoanwordsFrom English
Spanish
hasMorphology affixation-rich
hasOfficialStatusIn Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
hasOnlinePresence true
hasPhonemicContrast geminate consonants
vowel length
hasSignificantSpanishInfluence true
hasStressPattern penultimate stress (with exceptions)
historicalColonialInfluence Spanish Empire
United States
ISO639-1Code ch
ISO639-2Code cha
ISO639-3Code cha
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
primaryWordOrder verb–subject–object
region Micronesia
regulatingBody Chamorro Language Commission (Northern Mariana Islands)
Department of Chamorro Affairs (Guam)
spokenBy Chamorro people
linked to: Chamorro
spokenByMinorityIn California
Hawaii
linked to: Guam

United States
spokenIn Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
usedIn cultural ceremonies of Chamorro people
education in Guam
usedInMedia local radio in Guam
local radio in Northern Mariana Islands
writingSystem Latin script

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Guam officialLanguage Chamorro
Guam demonym Chamorro
Guam ethnicGroup Chamorro
Guam hasIndigenousPeople Chamorro
Chamorro spokenBy Chamorro people
linked to: Chamorro
Chamorro autonym Finuʼ Chamoru
linked to: Chamorro
Chamorro hasDialects Guam Chamorro
linked to: Chamorro
Chamorro hasDialects Northern Mariana Islands Chamorro
linked to: Chamorro
Chamorro ethnicGroupAssociated Chamorro people
linked to: Chamorro
Chamorro Standard Time namedAfter Chamorro people
linked to: Chamorro
Austronesian languages hasSubfamily Chamorro language group
linked to: Chamorro
Austronesian languages hasSubfamily Chamorro language group (Mariana Islands)
linked to: Chamorro
Department of Chamorro Affairs (Guam) hasPrimaryLanguageFocus Chamorro language
linked to: Chamorro
Department of Chamorro Affairs (Guam) ethnicGroupServed Chamorro people
linked to: Chamorro
Dededo languageUsed Chamorro
Chamorro Language Commission (Northern Mariana Islands) appliesToLanguage Chamorro language
linked to: Chamorro
Chamorro Language Commission (Northern Mariana Islands) topic Chamorro language
linked to: Chamorro
Micronesia hasLanguage Chamorro language
linked to: Chamorro
Carolinian hasLoanwordsFrom Chamorro
Rota primaryLanguage Chamorro
Malayo-Polynesian languages includesLanguage Chamorro language
linked to: Chamorro
Tinian officialLanguage Chamorro
Saipan officialLanguage Chamorro
Micronesians usesLanguage Chamorro language
linked to: Chamorro
Hagåtña hasOfficialLanguage Chamorro
subject linked to: Hagåtña, Guam
Agrihan nameLanguage Chamorro
Chamorro people ethnicity Chamorro
Chamorro people language Chamorro language
linked to: Chamorro
Chamorro people selfDesignation Chamoru
linked to: Chamorro
English in the Northern Mariana Islands coOfficialWith Chamorro language
linked to: Chamorro
English in the Northern Mariana Islands influencedBy Chamorro language
linked to: Chamorro
Refaluwasch language influencedBy Chamorro language
linked to: Chamorro
Songsong hasCommonLanguage Chamorro