Carolinian language
| Carolinian | |
|---|---|
| Refaluwasch | |
| Native to | Northern Mariana Islands |
| Region | Saipan, Anatahan, and Agrihan islands, Marianas |
| Ethnicity | Carolinians |
Native speakers | (3,100 cited 2000) |
Austronesian
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Northern Mariana Islands |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cal |
| Glottolog | caro1242 |
| ELP | Carolinian |
Carolinian is an Austronesian language originating in the Caroline Islands, but spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is an official language (alongside English) of the Carolinian people. Carolinian is a threatened language according to the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat), but available data is scarce. There are approximately 3,100 native speakers in the world. Carolinian has 95% lexical similarity with Satawalese, 88% with Woleaian and Puluwatese; 81% with Mortlockese; 78% with Chuukese, 74% with Ulithian.