Tanapag language

Tanapag
Native to	Northern Mariana Islands
Region	Saipan
Native speakers	10 (2011) [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Nuclear Micronesian Chuukic Tanapag
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tpv
Glottolog	tana1281
ELP	Tanapag

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.

Phonology

Consonants

Table of Consonant Sounds

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental-alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosives	p, b		t, d	c, ɟ	k, ɡ
Nasals	m		n		ŋ
Fricatives		f, v	s (z), ʂ (ʐ)		x, ɣ
Lateral			(l)	(ɫ)
Rolled			r
Continuants	w			j	(w)

See also

• Carolinian language

Further reading

• Elameto, Jesus Mareham; Elameto, Rosario M.; Kaipat, Antonio Flores; Olopai, Francisco Mettao; Sarapau, Margarita O.; Taitano, Teresa I.; Warakai, Rosa Roppul; et al. (Elameto JM, Elameto RM, Kaipat AF, Olopai FM, Sarapau MO, Taitano TI, Warakai RR) (1991). "Front Matter". In Jackson, Frederick H.; Marck, Jeffrey C. (eds.). Carolinian-English Dictionary. PALI Language Texts—Micronesia. University of Hawaii Press (published 2019). pp. i–ii. doi:10.2307/j.ctv9hvsnv.1. ISBN   9780824881931. JSTOR   j.ctv9hvsnv.1. (Includes Tanapag versions of some words.)

References

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