Ngatik Men’s Creole
A language of Micronesia
| Population | 700. 500 on atoll (1983 Poyer), 200 on Ponape. |
| Region | Ngatik (Sapuahfik) Atoll, east of Caroline Islands. |
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| Alternate names | Ngatikese, Ngatikese Men’s Language |
| Dialects | A creolized language from the Sapuahfik dialect of Pohnapeian [pon] and English whose genesis is the direct result of a massacre in 1837 of adult males on Ngatik by British traders. |
| Classification | Creole, English based, Pacific |
| Language use | Women and children understand it. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists: coconut; fishermen; animal husbandry: pigs. |
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