Palauan

E53119

Palauan is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Republic of Palau in the western Pacific Ocean.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Palauan language 13
Palauan canonical 10
Palauan people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
language
belongsToSubgroup Palauan language branch
coOfficialWith English
ethnicity Palauans
linked to: Micronesians
hasAlternativeName Belauan
Palau language
linked to: Palauan
hasGlottocode pala1344
hasGlottologName Palauan
hasLanguageRegulator Palau Language Commission
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom English
German
Japanese
Malay
Philippine languages
Spanish
hasMorphologicalFeature affixation
rich verbal morphology
hasNativeName a tekoi er a Belau
tekoi er a Belau
linked to: Beluu er a Belau
hasNeighboringLanguages Carolinian
Chamorro
Yapese
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate 20000
approximately 20000 speakers
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters
contrastive vowel length
hasTypology agglutinative language
hasUniquePositionWithin Austronesian language family
hasWordOrder verb–subject–object
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Micronesian languages
ISO639-1Code pau
ISO639-2Code pau
ISO639-3Code pau
languageFamily Austronesian languages
officialLanguageOf Republic of Palau
linked to: Palau
primaryCountry Palau
region Micronesia
Western Pacific Ocean
spokenIn Palau
Republic of Palau
linked to: Palau
status majority language in Palau
national language of Palau
usedIn Palauan government
Palauan media
daily communication in Palau
education in Palau
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Palau officialLanguage Palauan
Micronesia hasLanguage Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Malayo-Polynesian languages includesLanguage Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Palauan language group (Micronesia) hasMember Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Palauan language group (Micronesia) hasISO639Representative Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Micronesians hasSubgroup Palauan people
linked to: Palauan
Micronesians usesLanguage Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Ngerulmud languageUsed Palauan
Koror languageUsed Palauan
Palauan hasAlternativeName Palau language
linked to: Palauan
Peleliu hasOfficialLanguage Palauan
Caroline Islands majorLanguages Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Yapese people relatedEthnicGroup Palauan people
linked to: Palauan
Austronesian linguistics studies Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Tobian language hasShiftPressureFrom Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
OEK usesLanguage Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Palau Language Commission officialLanguageRegulated Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Palau Language Commission languageRegulated Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Palau Language Commission workLanguage Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
House of Delegates of Palau nativeNameLanguage Palauan language
linked to: Palauan
Senate of Palau languageUsed Palauan
Koror Island languageUsed Palauan