Nukuoro | Ethnologue

A language of Micronesia

ISO 639: nkr
Alternate Names: Nuguor, Nukoro
Autonym: Nukuoro
Population: 600 (2016 E. Drummond). 400 on Pohnpei, 200 on Nukuoro.
Location:: Pohnpei state: Nukuoro island, about 480 km southwest of Pohnpei island.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Ellicean
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 55% with Kapingamarangi [kpg].
Typology: SVO, VSO.
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, community, church. Used by all. Many also use Pohnpeian [pon], especially older speakers.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 80%. Dictionary. NT: 1986.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Nukuoro
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: There are also 200 speakers living in diaspora communities in Guam and the United States, mainly in Oregon, North Carolina, and Arkansas (2020 E. Drummond). Christian.

Location: Pohnpei state: Nukuoro island, about 480 km southwest of Pohnpei island.