Satawan dialect

E529793

The Satawan dialect is a regional variety of the Mortlockese language spoken primarily on Satawan Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lukunor dialect 1
Satawan dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional variety of Mortlockese ⓘ
belongsTo Chuukic branch of Micronesian languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo other Mortlockese dialects ⓘ
country Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
geographicDistribution central and southern Chuuk Lagoon outer islands ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Micronesian language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Micronesian

Proto-Oceanic language ⓘ
hasLanguageCodeStatus may not have an individual ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature Austronesian grammatical structure ⓘ
Micronesian phonological characteristics ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus local community language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isSpokenBy inhabitants of Satawan Atoll ⓘ
isVarietyOf Mortlockese language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Micronesian languages ⓘ
partOf Mortlockese language ⓘ
region Mortlock Islands ⓘ
spokenIn Chuuk State ⓘ
Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Satawan Atoll ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication on Satawan Atoll ⓘ
usedIn traditional cultural practices on Satawan Atoll ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mortlockese language → hasDialect → Satawan dialect ⓘ
Mortlockese language → hasDialect → Lukunor dialect ⓘ
linked to: Satawan dialect