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1 (National)
English
[eng]
1 (National). De facto national language. 710 in Nauru (Crystal 2003).
3 (Wider communication)
Nauruan
[nau]
3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 6,000 (Bender and Rehg 1991), decreasing.
6b (Threatened)
Chinese Pidgin English
[cpi]
6b (Threatened). Several thousand speakers, spoken by most in Nauru (Wurm 2007).
