Carolinian

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Carolinian is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Northern Mariana Islands, closely related to other Micronesian languages and central to the cultural identity of the Carolinian people.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Carolinian canonical 20
Carolinian language 11
Carolinian people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Micronesian language
natural language
associatedPeople Carolinian people
linked to: Carolinian
belongsTo Micronesian subgroup of Oceanic languages
centralTo Carolinian cultural identity
closelyRelatedTo Chuukese
Ulithian
Woleaian
country United States
endangeredStatus vulnerable language
hasAlternativeName Refaluwasch language
Saipan Carolinian
hasCommunityEfforts language revitalization programs in the Northern Mariana Islands
hasCulturalRole marker of Carolinian ethnic identity
medium of traditional navigation knowledge
medium of traditional rituals and ceremonies
hasDialect Saipan dialect
varieties linked to different atoll origins
hasEthnologueEntry Carolinian
hasGlottocode crol1237
hasISO6393Code cal
hasLoanwordsFrom Chamorro
English
Japanese
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
prenasalized stops
hasRegulatoryBody Carolinian language committees in the Northern Mariana Islands
hasSpeakerCommunity Saipan Carolinian community
linked to: Saipan Carolinian
historicalOrigin Caroline Islands migration to Saipan
languageFamily Austronesian languages
partOf Oceanic branch of Austronesian
politicalEntity Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
region Western Pacific Ocean
spokenIn Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan
statusInCNMI recognized indigenous language
subfamily Micronesian languages
taughtIn some schools in the Northern Mariana Islands
usedAlongside English in the Northern Mariana Islands
usedFor daily communication among Carolinian people
oral tradition
storytelling
traditional songs
usedIn local radio programs in the Northern Mariana Islands
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Micronesia hasEthnicGroup Carolinian people
linked to: Carolinian
Carolinian associatedPeople Carolinian people
linked to: Carolinian
Carolinian hasEthnologueEntry Carolinian
Carolinean languages hasPart Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
Tinian officialLanguage Carolinian
Tinian ethnicGroup Carolinian
Saipan officialLanguage Carolinian
Saipan hasEthnicGroup Carolinian
Palauan hasNeighboringLanguages Carolinian
Ulithian subgroupOf Carolinian languages
linked to: Carolinian
Ulithian closelyRelatedTo Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
Ulithian sharesLexiconWith Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
Saipan Carolinian subclassOf Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
Saipan Carolinian closelyRelatedTo Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
English in the Northern Mariana Islands coOfficialWith Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
Refaluwasch language hasAlternativeName Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
Micronesian languages hasLanguage Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
Songsong hasCommonLanguage Carolinian
Sinapalo hasLanguage Carolinian
Woleaian language closelyRelatedTo Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
Puluwatese language closelyRelatedTo Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
Amtrak Carolinian name Carolinian
Luta hasOfficialLanguage Carolinian
Carolinean people usesLanguage Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian
Alamagan languageUsed Carolinian