Sonsorolese language

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The Sonsorolese language is a Micronesian language spoken by the inhabitants of Sonsorol and nearby atolls in Palau, closely related to other Carolinian languages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sonsorolese 2
Sonsorolese language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Micronesian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Carolinian language ⓘ
Tobian language ⓘ
country Palau ⓘ
endangeredStatus severely endangered ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Micronesians ⓘ
family Austronesian ⓘ
geographicDistribution Southwestern Palau atolls ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Palau
group Oceanic ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sonsorol ⓘ
Sonsorolese ⓘ
hasPhonologicalType consonant–vowel syllable structure ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
ISO639-3 sov ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Nuclear Micronesian ⓘ
languageStatus minority language in Palau ⓘ
primaryCountry Palau ⓘ
region Caroline Islands ⓘ
Southwest Islands of Palau ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Palau
spokenIn Fanna ⓘ
Merir ⓘ
Pulo Anna ⓘ
linked to: Pulo Anna Island

Sonsorol ⓘ
subclassOf Carolinian language ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
subgroup Micronesian ⓘ
usedBy Sonsorolese people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Refaluwasch language → closelyRelatedTo → Sonsorolese language ⓘ
Carolinean people → usesLanguage → Sonsorolese language ⓘ
Sonsorol Islands → officialLanguage → Sonsorolese ⓘ
linked to: Sonsorolese language
Sonsorolese language → hasAlternativeName → Sonsorolese ⓘ
linked to: Sonsorolese language