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Chamorro language

Chamorro language
NameChamorro
NativenameFino'Chamorro
FamilycolorAustronesian
StatesGuam
Northern Mariana Islands
RegionWestern Pacific Ocean
SpeakersFirst language: more than 60,000
EthnicityChamorro people
Fam2Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Fam3Nuclear MP
Fam4Sunda � Sulawesi MP
NationGuam
Northern Mariana Islands
Iso1ch|iso2=cha|iso3=cha
MapcaptionChamorro language spread in the United States
NoticeIPA

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Chamorro (Chamorro: Fino' Chamoru or simply Chamoru) is a Malayo-Polynesian (Austronesian) language, spoken on the Mariana Islands (Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan) by about 47,000 people (about 35,000 people on Guam and about 12,000 in the N. Marianas).


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