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Nauruan

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Also known as Nauru, na, Nauruan language, Naouru language

Austronesian language spoken in Nauru

AI overview

Nauruan is a language spoken by the people of Nauru, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean, and belongs to the broader family of Austronesian languages that are spread across the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. It matters because it is the native language of Nauru's population and represents an important part of the country's cultural and linguistic heritage.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
Micronesian
Country
Nauru
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Wikimedia language code
na
writing system
Latin script
native label
dorerin Naoero
number of speakers, writers, or signers
1000
topic's main category
Category:Nauruan language
indigenous to
Nauru
P10369
China
Commons category
Nauruan language
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Encyclopedic overview

A Nauruan speaker, recorded in Taiwan

Nauruan or Nauru (Nauruan: dorerin Naoero) is an Austronesian language, spoken natively in the island country of Nauru.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nauruan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.