Chamorro

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A language of Guam

ISO 639-3
cha
Alternate Names
Chamorru, Tjamoro
Population

62,500 in Guam (Bender and Rehg 1991). Population total all countries: 94,700.

Location

Also in Northern Mariana Islands, United States.

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Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (1974, Guam Code Annotated, Chapter 7, Section 706, amended).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Chamorro
Dialects

Chamorro, Rotanese Chamorro.

Typology

SVO, VSO

Language Use

Gaining in importance. Taught at the University of Guam.

Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2007.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chamorro
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Influence from Spanish [spa]. Christian.

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