Palauan language

Palauan
Palauan
a tekoi er a Belau
Native to	Palau, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
Native speakers	17,000 (2008)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Palauan; ;
Writing system	Latin (formerly katakana)
Official status
Official language in	Palau
Regulated by	Palau Language Commission
Language codes
ISO 639-2	pau
ISO 639-3	pau
Glottolog	pala1344
Linguasphere	31-PAA-aa
	Palauan
	Coordinates: 7°20′N 134°29′E / 7.34°N 134.48°E
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Palauan (a tekoi er a Belau^[3]) 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 branch is unclear.

^ The figure used here, for all countries, is from Ethnologue. According to the 2005 Palau Census, there are 18,544 people aged 5 years or older residing in the Republic of Palau, of whom 4,718 do not speak Palauan. There are thus an estimated 13,826 Palauan speakers in Palau as of 2005; the UNSD estimated 12,400 in Palau in 2008. This number does not include native Palauan speakers residing outside of Palau, who probably comprise several thousand additional speakers (4,000 according to Ethnologue). (See Nuger 2016:13.)
^ Katakana is no longer widely used, since the orthography based on Latin script has received official status and is taught in schools. But see Matsumoto 2001:90.
^ Josephs 1990, p. 95.

[1] The figure used here, for all countries, is from Ethnologue. According to the 2005 Palau Census, there are 18,544 people aged 5 years or older residing in the Republic of Palau, of whom 4,718 do not speak Palauan. There are thus an estimated 13,826 Palauan speakers in Palau as of 2005; the UNSD estimated 12,400 in Palau in 2008. This number does not include native Palauan speakers residing outside of Palau, who probably comprise several thousand additional speakers (4,000 according to Ethnologue). (See Nuger 2016:13.)

[2] Katakana is no longer widely used, since the orthography based on Latin script has received official status and is taught in schools. But see Matsumoto 2001:90.

[FOOTNOTEJosephs199095-3] Josephs 1990, p. 95.

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Palauan
a tekoi er a Belau
Native to	Palau, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
Native speakers	17,000 (2008)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Palauan
Writing system	Latin (formerly katakana)^[2]
Official status
Official language in	Palau
Regulated by	Palau Language Commission
Language codes
ISO 639-2	`pau`
ISO 639-3	`pau`
Glottolog	`pala1344`
Linguasphere	`31-PAA-aa`
Palauan
Coordinates: 7°20′N 134°29′E / 7.34°N 134.48°E / 7.34; 134.48
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