| Your first name |
Allen
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| Your last name |
Ehmes
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| E-mail: |
aehmes@hawaii.edu
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| Preferred name(s) of your language |
Pingelapese
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| Alternative names |
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| Language classification |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian,
Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic,
Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Ponapeic-Trukic, Ponapeic |
| Geographical areas where spoken |
Pohnpei state in the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Saipan, USA
|
| Approximate number of monolingual speakers |
0
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| Approximate number of fluent speakers |
2000
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| Other languages spoken in area/country |
English, Pohnpeian, Mwoakillese, Kapingamarangese, Nukuoroan, Ngatikese, Kosraen, Yapese, Chuukese, Mortlockese, Japanese,
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| Official language(s) in your country |
country official language: English, state official language: Pohnpeian
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| Language(s) used at school as a child |
English, Pohnpeian, Kosraen, Mwaokillese, Pingelapese
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| Language(s) used by teachers today |
English
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| Do the representatives of neighboring ethnic groups learn to speak your language |
Yes
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| If the answer to the above question is yes, please specify |
Mwoakillese People
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| Does your language have a widely accepted writing system? |
I do not know
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| If you answered yes, what materials are written? |
|
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| NUMBERS |
|
| one |
Eu
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| two |
Riau
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| three |
Silu
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| four |
Pahu
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| five |
Limau
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| six |
Weneu
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| seven |
Isu
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| eight |
Waelu
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| nine |
Duwau
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| ten |
Eisaek
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