Region Saipan ISO 639-3 tpv | Native speakers 10 (2011) Glottolog tana1281 | |
Native to Northern Mariana Islands Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Micronesian
Nuclear Micronesian
Trukic
Tanapag | ||
Tanapag is a nearly extinct Micronesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken on 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.
References
Tanapag language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA