NAU ISO 639-3
Nauruan
dorerin Naoero Autonym
A language of Nauru
- ISO 639
- nau
- Alternate Names
- Nauru
- Autonym
- dorerin Naoero
- Population
- 10,300, all users. L1 users: 9,300 (2013), decreasing. L2 users: 1,000.
- Location:
- Nauru Island.
- Language Status
- 1 (National). De facto national language.
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Nauruan
- Language Use
- Some young people, all adults. Children not learning it anymore (Wurm 2007). Most also use English [eng].
- Language Development
- School attendance required from age 6 to 17. Literacy is high. Grammar. Bible: 1918.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Nauruan
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Nauru Island.
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