Carolinian language

Carolinian
Carolinian
Refaluwasch
Native to	Northern Mariana Islands
Region	Saipan, Anatahan, and Agrihan islands, Marianas
Ethnicity	Carolinians
Native speakers	3,100 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Nuclear Micronesian Chuukic Carolinian; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Northern Mariana Islands
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cal
Glottolog	caro1242
ELP	Carolinian

Carolinian is an Austronesian language originating in the Caroline Islands, but spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is an official language (as well as English) of the Carolinian people. Carolinian is a threatened language according to the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat), but available data is scarce. There are approximately 3,100 native speakers in the world. Carolinian has 95% lexical similarity with Satawalese, 88% with Woleaian and Puluwatese; 81% with Mortlockese; 78% with Chuukese, 74% with Ulithian.

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