Nguluwan language
| Nguluwan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Federated States of Micronesia |
| Region | Ngulu Atoll |
Native speakers | 50 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
nuw |
| Glottolog |
ngul1236[2] |
Nguluwan is a "mixed" language spoken on an atoll of that name between Yap and Palau. The grammar and lexicon are Yapese, but the phonology has been affected by Ulithian, and speakers are shifting to that language.
References
- ↑ Nguluwan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nguluwan". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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