Yapese language
Yapese is a language spoken by the people on the island of Yap (Federated States of Micronesia). It belongs to the Austronesian languages, more specifically to the Oceanic branch of that family. It has been difficult to classify it further, but Yapese may prove to be one of the Admiralty Islands languages. The Yapese language refers to the language spoken specifically on the Yap Main Islands, and does not include the Chuukic languages spoken in the Yap Neighboring Islands: Ulithian, Woleaian, and Satawalese (and to an extent, Nguluwan).
| Yapese | |
|---|---|
| Thin nu Wa’ab | |
| Native to | Federated States of Micronesia |
| Region | Island of Yap |
| Ethnicity | Yapese |
Native speakers | 5,130 (2005) |
| Dialects | |
| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | yap |
| ISO 639-3 | yap |
| Glottolog | yape1248 |
Yapese | |
| Coordinates: 9.56°N 138.12°E | |
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