Mortlockese

A language of Micronesia

ISO 639: mrl
Alternate Names: Mortlock, Nomoi
Population: 5,900 (1989 census). 1,690 Upper Mortlock, 1,760 Mid Mortlock, 2,460 Lower Mortlock, about 1,000 elsewhere.
Location:: Chuuk state: Mortlock islands southeast of Chuuk islands; some on Pohnpei island.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Pohnpeic-Chuukic, Chuukic
Dialects: Upper Mortlock, Mid Mortlock, Lower Mortlock. 75% intelligibility of Puluwatese [puw], 18% of Satawalese [stw], 8% of Woleaian [woe]. Lexical similarity: 80%–85% with Chuukese [chk], 83% with Puluwatese, 82% with Satawalese, 81% with Carolinian [cal], 78% with Woleaian, 72% with Ulithian [uli].
Language Use: Vigorous. Also use Chuukese [chk].
Language Development: NT: 1883.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mortlockese
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Chuuk state: Mortlock islands southeast of Chuuk islands; some on Pohnpei island.