Pingelapish language

Pingelapish
Spoken in	Micronesia ( Pingelap )
speaker	about 3000
Linguistic ; classification	Austronesian Malayo Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Nuclear Micronesian Turkish languages Ponapeic languages; ; ; ; ; Pingelapish language ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pif

The Pingelapian language is a Micronesian language spoken in Micronesia . The language has around 3000 speakers and is spoken not only on Pingelap , but also on Pohnpei , where the majority of Pingelap speakers live. In Micronesia there are three other official languages besides Pingelapish and English. According to Ethnologue , the language is "vigorous", meaning strong.

In the Pingelapian language, both reduplication and triplication are used. The language is written with the Latin script .

Individual evidence

^ Ethnologue report for language code. pif. Ethnologue - Languages of the World. Retrieved August 25, 2012.

[1] Ethnologue report for language code. pif. Ethnologue - Languages of the World. Retrieved August 25, 2012.