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Nauruan language

NameNauruan
NativenameEkaiairũ Naoero
StatesNauru
Speakers7,000
EthnicityNauruan people
Iso1na
Iso2nau
Iso3nau
FamilycolorAustronesian
Fam2Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3Oceanic
Fam4Micronesian
NoticeIPA

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The Nauruan language (dorerin Naoero) is an Austronesian language spoken in Nauru. It is estimated that it has 7,000 speakers. Almost all speakers are bilingual in English.

It is a member of the Micronesian family of Austronesian languages. Its ISO 639 codes are 'na' and 'nau'. Nauruan is a UN recognized language.


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