Kapingamarangi language

Kapingamarangi is a Polynesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia. It had 3,000 native speakers in 1995. The language is closely related to the Nukuoro language.

Kapingamarangi
Kirinit
Native toMicronesia
RegionKapingamarangi and Pohnpei islands
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1995)
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Polynesian
        • Ellicean
          • Kapingamarangi
Language codes
ISO 639-3kpg
Glottologkapi1249
ELPKapingamarangi
Kapingamarangi is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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