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Nguluwan language

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Region
  
ISO 639-3
  
nuw

Native speakers
  
50 (2000)

Glottolog
  
ngul1236

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicAdmiralty Islands ?YapeseNguluwan

Nguluwan is a "mixed" language spoken on an atoll of that name between Yap and Palau. The grammar and lexicon are Yapese, but the phonology has been affected by Ulithian, and speakers are shifting to that language.

References

Nguluwan language Wikipedia