Saipan Carolinian

E94850

Saipan Carolinian is a Micronesian language spoken primarily by the Carolinian community on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saipan Carolinian canonical 2
Carolinian (Saipan) 1
Carolinian community of Saipan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Micronesian language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian

Chuukese language
country United States
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Carolinian people
linked to: Carolinean people
hasAlternativeName Carolinian (Saipan)
linked to: Saipan Carolinian

Refaluwasch
Saipan Refaluwasch
linked to: Saipan
hasDialects varieties reflecting different atoll origins of Carolinian settlers
hasDomainOfUse cultural and ceremonial contexts
home and community communication
hasGrammaticalFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
possessive classifiers
rich verbal morphology
verb–subject–object basic word order
hasLoanwordsFrom Chamorro
English
Japanese
Spanish
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
geminate consonants
stress accent
historicalOrigin migrants from outer islands of the Caroline Islands
languageCodeISO639-3 cal
languageFamily Austronesian
Chuukic
Malayo-Polynesian
Micronesian
Oceanic
region Micronesia
spokenIn Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan
United States
statusInTerritory recognized minority language in the Northern Mariana Islands
subclassOf Carolinian language
linked to: Carolinian

Chuukic language
Oceanic language
subjectOf bilingual education programs on Saipan
language revitalization efforts in the Northern Mariana Islands
usedBy Carolinian community of Saipan
linked to: Saipan Carolinian
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Carolinian hasAlternativeName Saipan Carolinian
Carolinian hasSpeakerCommunity Saipan Carolinian community
linked to: Saipan Carolinian
Saipan Carolinian hasAlternativeName Carolinian (Saipan)
linked to: Saipan Carolinian
Saipan Carolinian usedBy Carolinian community of Saipan
linked to: Saipan Carolinian
Refaluwasch language hasAlternativeName Saipan Carolinian