PAU ISO 639-3
Palauan
Tekoi ra Belau Autonym
A language of Palau
- ISO 639
- pau
- Alternate Names
- Belauan, Palau
- Autonym
- Tekoi ra Belau
- Population
- 11,700 in Palau (2019). Total users in all countries: 15,840.
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 1 (National). Statutory national language (1979, Constitution, Article 13(1)).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Palauan
- Dialects
- Little dialect variation.
- Typology
- SVO.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. Used by all.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1964.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Palauan
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Florida; Hawaii; Illinois; Maryland; Michigan; Nevada; Oklahoma; Oregon; Texas; Washington.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Palauan
User Population
4,140 in United States (2015 census).
Map
Location: Widespread.
Size and Vitality
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