Introduction Sonsorolese language

1 introduction

1.1 history
1.2 population
1.3 geographic distribution
1.4 dialects

introduction
history

sonsorolese spoken in small area called palau, located in pacific ocean near micronesia. sonsorolese spoken in sonsorol, pulo anna, , merir islands (ethnologue.com). language 1 of 2 indigenous languages spoken in area , spoken in area, in palau (sonsorol.com). language being established in palau, palau has little history of how became today. country settled in bc era philippines , indonesia (wikipedia). area became part of spanish–american war , in end spanish gave territory of palau , of other islands germans. later down road japanese took land , gave united states during world war 2.

population

there 360 speakers spread out within 60 islands. linguists believe language fading little little. population started fall due influenza epidemic germans caused. speakers of sonsorol bilingual, second language being english, able communicate others outside island sonsorol.com. language official language areas spoken. sister languages of sonsorol ulithian, woleaian, , satawalese. language part of austronesian language family.

geographic distribution

northern mariana islands: unknown (immigrant language)
palau: 600 speakers

sonsorol: 60 speakers+

merir: 5 speakers+
pulo anna: 25 speakers+
sonsorol: 29 speakers+


rest of country: 540 speakers



dialects

pulo-annan
sonsorolese