Chamorro language
Chamorro (English: /tʃəˈmɒroʊ/; Chamorro: Finuʼ Chamorro (CNMI), Finoʼ CHamoru (Guam)) 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. 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).
| Chamoru | |
|---|---|
| Finuʼ Chamoru | |
| Native to | Mariana Islands |
| Ethnicity | Chamorro |
Native speakers | 58,000 (2005–2015) |
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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