Pingelapese

Facts

  • Language: Pingelapese
  • Alternate names: Pingelap, Pingilapese
  • Language code: pif; ping1243
  • Language family: Austronesian; Malayo-Polynesian; Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian; Oceanic; Micronesian; Ponapeic (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: Approximately 200 speakers on Pingelap atoll; 1,200 speakers in Mwalok, Sokehs Municipality and Mand, Madolenihmw Municipality, on the high island of Pohnpei
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script:

More information:

    Pingelapese is spoken in Guam, Micronesia, Pacific.