Sonsorol
A language of Palau
| Population | 600 in Palau (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Approximately 60 on the outer islands: Sonsoral 29, Pulo Anna 25, Merir 5. Outer islanders resident on main island of Palau unclear from the 1990 census. |
| Region | Pulo Anna, Merir, Helen, and Sonsorol islands. Also in Northern Mariana Islands. |
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| Alternate names | Sonsorolese |
| Dialects | Sonsorolese, Pulo Anna. Significant linguistic differences between Tobian [tox] and Sonsorolese; similar to or greater than differences between, e.g., Puluwatese [puw] and Namonuito [nmt]. 50% intelligibility with Woleaian [woe], less with the remainder of the Trukic continuum. Lexical similarity: 69% 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 | Official language in Sonsorol state. Also use Palauan [pau]. |
| Language development | Grammar. |
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