YAP ISO 639-3
Yapese
Thin nu Wa’ab Autonym
A language of Micronesia
- ISO 639
- yap
- Alternate Names
- Waab
- Autonym
- Thin nu Wa’ab
- Population
- 5,130 (2005 UNSD).
- Location:
- Yap state: Yap island and 10 islands nearby.
- Language Status
- 2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in State of Yap (1986, Yap State Constitution, Article 14(5)).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Yapese
- Typology
- VSO.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. Used by all. Used as L2 by Nguluwan [nuw].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2007.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Yapese
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Christian.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Yap state: Yap island and 10 islands nearby.
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