Satawan dialect

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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