Your first name	Meked
Your last name	Besebes
E-mail:	meked@hawaii.edu
Preferred name(s) of your language	Meked
Alternative names
Language classification	Palauan
Geographical areas where spoken	Palau
Approximate number of monolingual speakers	Almost everyone speak Palauan and English or Palauan and Japanese
Approximate number of fluent speakers	17,000
Other languages spoken in area/country	English, Chinese, Carolinian, Japanese, Filipino, Chamorro, other Micronesain
Official language(s) in your country	Palauan and English
Language(s) used at school as a child	Palauan and English
Language(s) used by teachers today	Palauan and English
Do the representatives of neighboring ethnic groups learn to speak your language	Yes
If the answer to the above question is yes, please specify	Foreign workers, Expats, JICA, Peace Corp Volunteers, Researchers
Does your language have a widely accepted writing system?	Yes
If you answered yes, what materials are written?	Dictionaries, Palauan Studies Curriculum, Published Books, Constitution, Bible, Hymn Books, Newspaper, Websites,
NUMBERS
one	tang
two	orung
three	ongedei
four	ongeuang
five	ongeium
six	ongelolm
seven	ongeuid
eight	ongeai
nine	ongetiu
ten	teruich