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Nauruan
Nauruan
Nauru
Dorerin Naoero, Ekaiairũ Naoero
Native to	Nauru
Ethnicity	Nauruans
Native speakers	(6,000, decreasing cited 1991); L2 speakers: perhaps 1,000? (1991)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Nauruan; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Nauru
Language codes
ISO 639-1	na
ISO 639-2	nau
ISO 639-3	nau
Glottolog	naur1243
ELP	Nauruan
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Nauruan (Dorerin Naoero or Ekaiairũ Naoero) is a Micronesian language spoken in Nauru. It, along with English, is an official language of Nauru.

References[change | change source]

↑ Nauruan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Probably unreliable. The number is the difference of two population estimates, which may have used different criteria or were based on data from different dates.
↑ Nauruan language at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).

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[e18-1] Nauruan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Probably unreliable. The number is the difference of two population estimates, which may have used different criteria or were based on data from different dates.

[e14-3] Nauruan language at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).

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Nauruan
Nauru
Dorerin Naoero, Ekaiairũ Naoero
Native to	Nauru
Ethnicity	Nauruans
Native speakers	(6,000, decreasing cited 1991)^[1] L2 speakers: perhaps 1,000? (1991)^[2]^[3]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Nauruan
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Nauru
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`na`
ISO 639-2	`nau`
ISO 639-3	`nau`
Glottolog	`naur1243`
ELP	Nauruan
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