Chamorro language
Austronesian language of the Mariana Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chamorro (English: /tʃəˈmɒroʊ/;[2] Chamorro: Finuʼ Chamorro (CNMI), Finoʼ CHamoru (Guam)[3]) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 58,000 people, numbering about 25,800 on Guam and about 32,200 in the Northern Mariana Islands and elsewhere.[4] It is the native and spoken language of the Chamorro people, the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands. Chamorro has three distinct dialects: Guamanian, Rotanese, and that in the other Northern Mariana Islands (NMI).
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Chamoru | |
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Finuʼ Chamoru | |
Native to | Mariana Islands |
Ethnicity | Chamorro |
Native speakers | 58,000 (2005–2015)[1] |
Austronesian
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Official status | |
Official language in | Guam Northern Mariana Islands |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ch |
ISO 639-2 | cha |
ISO 639-3 | cha |
Glottolog | cham1312 |
ELP | Chamorro |
Chamorro is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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