Nukuoro language

Nukuoro
Nukuoro
Native toMicronesia
RegionWestern Nukuoro Island
Native speakers
700 (2016)[1]
140 in the U.S. (no date)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nkr
Glottolognuku1260
ELPNukuoro
Nukuoro is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Nukuoro language is a Polynesian Outlier language, spoken by about 1,200 people on Nukuoro Atoll and on Pohnpei, two islands of Pohnpei State within the Federated States of Micronesia. Nukuoro is a remote coral atoll with a population of about 150, where the primary language is Nukuoro. An additional several hundred Nukuoro speakers live in Kolonia, Pohnpei, with smaller diaspora communities elsewhere in Micronesia and in the United States. Most Nukuoro speakers, particularly those that live away from Nukuoro Atoll, are multilingual in Pohnpeian and/or English; some older Nukuoro speakers also know German or Japanese.

  1. ^ Nukuoro at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Nukuoro at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon