CHA ISO 639-3
Chamorro
Chamorru Autonym
A language of Guam
- ISO 639
- cha
- Alternate Names
- Tjamoro
- Autonym
- Chamorru
- Population
- 30,300 in Guam (2015). Total users in all countries: 64,300.
- Language Status
- 1 (National). Statutory national language (1974, Guam Code Annotated, Chapter 7, Section 706, amended).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Chamorro
- Dialects
- Chamorro, Rotanese Chamorro.
- Typology
- SVO, VSO.
- Language Use
- Gaining in importance. Taught at the University of Guam.
- Language Development
- Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2007.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Chamorro
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Influence from Spanish [spa]. Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication)
- Other Comments
- Christian. View other languages of Northern Mariana Islands
Language Name
Chamorro
User Population
14,200 in Northern Mariana Islands (2005 UNSD). Very few monolinguals.
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Chamorro
User Population
19,800 in United States (2015 census).
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