Ethnologue

Yapese

ISO 639-3

Population

5,130 (2005 UNSD).

Location

Yap state: Yap island and 10 islands nearby.

Language Maps

Language Status

2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in State of Yap (1982, Yap State Constitution, Article 14(5)).

Classification

Typology

VSO.

Language Use

Vigorous.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1973.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.