Mortlockese
A language of Micronesia
| Population | 5,900 (1989 census). 1,692 Upper Mortlock, 1,757 Mid Mortlock, 2,455 Lower Mortlock, about 1,000 elsewhere. |
| Region | Mortlock Islands, southeast of Truk, Caroline Islands. Lower Mortlock on Ponape Island. |
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Federated States of Micronesia |
| Alternate names | Mortlock, Nomoi |
| Dialects | Upper Mortlock, Mid Mortlock, Lower Mortlock. 75% intelligibility with Puluwatese [puw], 18% with Satawalese [stw], 8% with Woleaian [woe]. Lexical similarity: 80%–85% with Chuukese [chk], 83% with Puluwatese, 82% with Satawalese, 81% with Carolinian [cal], 78% with Woleaian, 72% with Ulithian [uli]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Ponapeic-Trukic, Trukic |
| Language use | Vigorous. |
| Language development | NT: 1883. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
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