Yapese language

Yapese
Thin nu Waqaab
Native toFederated States of Micronesia
RegionIsland of Yap
EthnicityYapese
Native speakers
5,130 (2005)[1]
Dialects
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-2yap
ISO 639-3yap
Glottologyape1248
Approximate location where Yapese is spoken
Approximate location where Yapese is spoken
Yapese
Coordinates: 9°34′N 138°07′E / 9.56°N 138.12°E / 9.56; 138.12

Yapese is an Austronesian language in the Oceanic branch spoken on the island of Yap, in the Federated States of Micronesia. It has been difficult to classify the language further, but Yapese may prove to be one of the Admiralty Islands languages.[2] The Yapese language refers to the language spoken specifically on the Yap Main Islands, and does not include the Chuukic languages spoken in the Yap Neighboring Islands: Ulithian, Woleaian, and Satawalese (and to an extent, Nguluwan).

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