Mokilese language

Mokilese
Mwoakilloa
Native toMicronesia
RegionMwoakilloa
Native speakers
(1,500 cited 1979–2010)[1]
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3mkj
Glottologmoki1238
ELPMokilese
Mokilese is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Mokilese, also known as Mwoakilloan, Mwokilese, or Mwoakilese, is a Micronesian language originally spoken on Mwoakilloa, Federated States of Micronesia. Of the 1200 Mokilese speakers, only about 500 live on Mwoakilloa.[2]

  1. ^ Mokilese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.