The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: CAL
ISO 639-2: map
| Population | 3,000 (1990 census). |
| Region | Saipan, Anatahan, and Agrihan islands, Carolines. |
| Alternate names | SAIPAN CAROLINIAN, SOUTHERN CAROLINIAN |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Ponapeic-Trukic, Trukic. |
| Comments | Southern Carolinian has 95% lexical similarity with Satawalese, 88% with Woleaian and Puluwatese; 81% with Mortlockese; 78% with Chuukese, 74% with Ulithian. All speakers on Saipan are bilingual in Chamorro. Most also speak English. Semi-official status. Active language use. No published grammar. National language. Dictionary. Fishermen mainly; agriculturalists: vegetables; livestock: cattle, pigs, goats. |
