Mokilese language

Mokilese language
Mokilese
Spoken in Micronesia
Region Mokil atoll
Native speakers unknown (1,230 cited 1979)
Language family
Writing system Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mkj

Mokilese or Mwoakilloan is a Micronesian language originally spoken on Mokil Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia. Of the 1200 Mokilese speakers, only about 500 live on Mokil.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.

External links

  • Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.



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