Nguluwan language

Nguluwan
Native to	Federated States of Micronesia
Region	Ngulu Atoll
Native speakers	50 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands ? Yapese Nguluwan
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)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nguluwan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Admiralty Islands languages

Manus

Western	Bipi Hermit Khehek Likum Mondropolon Nyindrou Sori-Harengan Tulu-Bohuai

Intermediate	Loniu Mokerang Pak-Tong

Eastern	Andra-Hus Elu Ere Kele Kurti Koro Leipon Lele Nali Papitalai Ponam Titan

Southeast

Western

Other

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