Pingelapese
[también conocido como Pingelap, Pingilapese,]Clasificación: Austronesian
·con amenaza de extinción
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Con amenaza de extinción
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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Approximately 200 speakers on Pingelap atoll; 1,200 speakers in Mwalok, Sokehs Municipality and Mand, Madolenihmw Municipality, on the high island of Pohnpei
- FECHA DE INFORMACIÓN
- 2012
- DOMINIOS DE USO
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- TENDENCIAS DE HABLANTES
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- TRANSMISIÓN
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- MÁS SOBRE LA VITALIDAD
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Pohnpeian and English are used in public life and education.
- ACTITUD DEL HABLANTE
- Some of the local churches have a negative attitude toward Pingelapese traditional religious customs.
- OTRAS LENGUAS UTILIZADAS POR LA COMUNIDAD
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Pohnpeian
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Mokilese
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English
- COMENTARIOS SOBRE CONTEXTO DE LA LENGUA
Pingelapese children on Pingelap learn Pohnpeian by the age of 10 or earlier, and learn English in high school. Children on Mokil atoll learn Mokilese simultaneously with Pingelapese, as well as Pohnpeian and English shortly thereafter. Language shift is occurring in the vocabulary, phonology, and syntax. They accommodate speakers of other languages, instead of other people switching to Pingelapese. Pohnpeians assume Pingalapese is just a dialect of their language. Pingelapese children in the US often have only a passive/receptive knowledge of their language, and respond in English.
- Ortografía
A Pingelapese alphabet exists, but is not well known. The Pohnpeian alphabet is regularly used, but does not adequately serve Pingelapese, has several differences of phonemes, and leads to mispronunciations of names and other words. The lack of suitable orthography and literacy materials negatively influence children's learning of content as well as the Pingelapese language.
- LUGARES
- Spoken primarily on Pingelap atoll and the high island of Pohnpei, two of the eastern Caroline Islands in the Federated States of Micronesia. Many Pingelapse people have moved to the United States and Guam.