Kapingamarangi
A language of Micronesia
| Population | 3,000 (1995 SIL). 1,500 on Kapingamarangi and 1,500 in Porakiet village on Ponape. |
| Region | Kapingamarangi and Ponape islands, Caroline Islands. |
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Federated States of Micronesia |
| Alternate names | Kirinit |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 55% with Nukuoro [nkr], 54% with Rarotongan [rar], 53% with Samoan [smo], 51% with Tuamotuan [pmt], 50% with Tahitian [tah]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Ellicean |
| Language use | Vigorous. |
| Language development | Dictionary. NT: 2000. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Intermarriage with Nukuoro [nkr] people. SVO, VSO. Agriculturalists: taro, breadfruit, banana, coconut, pandanus; fishermen; livestock: pigs, poultry; woodcarvers. |
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