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Tanapag language information


Tanapag
Native toNorthern Mariana Islands
RegionSaipan
Native speakers
10 (2011)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Micronesian
        • Nuclear Micronesian
          • Chuukic
            • Tanapag
Language codes
ISO 639-3tpv
Glottologtana1281
ELPTanapag

Tanapag is a nearly extinct Micronesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken in the Tanapag settlement of the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. Younger people speak Chamorro instead of Tanapag, but there are also efforts being made to promote the language.

  1. ^ Tanapag at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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