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Palauan language

Palauan (a tekoi er a Belau) is a Malayo-Polynesian language native to the Republic of Palau, where it is one of the two official languages, alongside English. It is widely used in day-to-day life in the country. Palauan is not closely related to other Malayo-Polynesian languages and its exact classification within the family is unclear.

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Dialects
Palauan dialects
Early forms
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Palauan Old Palauan · Proto-Palauan Old Palauan · Old Palauan
Glottolog
pala1344
ISO 639-2
pau
ISO 639-3
pau
Language family
Malayo-PolynesianPalauan · Palauan

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Palauan language

Nodes66
Edges65
Triples44
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
Components1

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Palauan language

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related to Classification · 26
Palauan language → Abudefduf, Austronesian, Blench, Blust, Bothus, Cardisoma, Central Philippine, Chamorro, Dempwolff, Holocentrus, It, Jackson, Malayo-Polynesian, Micronesia, Naso, Oceanic, Palau, Palauan, Roger Blench, Samalic
Early forms · 3
Palauan language → Old Palauan, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Palauan Old Palauan, Proto-Palauan Old Palauan
Language family · 2
Palauan language → Malayo-PolynesianPalauan, Palauan
related to Pronouns · 2
Palauan language → Palauan, The
Dialects · 1
Palauan language → Palauan dialects
Glottolog · 1
Palauan language → pala1344
ISO 639-2 · 1
Palauan language → pau
ISO 639-3 · 1
Palauan language → pau
Linguasphere · 1
Palauan language → 31-PAA-aa
Native speakers · 1
Palauan language → 17,000 (2008)

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palauan language diphthongs subject orthography example josephs languages ipa agreement palau malayo-polynesian er vowel one two see help verb phonemic

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Palauan languageDialectsPalauan dialects1.00infobox
Palauan languageEarly formsProto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Palauan Old Palauan1.00infobox
Palauan languageEarly formsProto-Palauan Old Palauan1.00infobox
Palauan languageEarly formsOld Palauan1.00infobox
Palauan languageGlottologpala13441.00infobox
Palauan languageISO 639-2pau1.00infobox
Palauan languageISO 639-3pau1.00infobox
Palauan languageLanguage familyMalayo-PolynesianPalauan1.00infobox
Palauan languageLanguage familyPalauan1.00infobox
Palauan languageLinguasphere31-PAA-aa1.00infobox
Palauan languageNative speakers17,000 (2008)1.00infobox
Palauan languageNative toPalau, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands1.00infobox
Palauan languageOfficial language inPalau1.00infobox
Palauan languageRegulated byPalau Language Commission1.00infobox
Palauan languageStandard formsStandard Palauan1.00infobox
Palauan languageWriting systemLatin (formerly katakana)1.00infobox

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