Informations incomplètes “The Acquisition of Kosraean and English: A Diglossic Community at a Crossroads” (200) . Sou, Jennifer (2022)
Vulnérable
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,790
Native Language of roughly 6,620 people (FSM Census 2010) of the small island state of Kosrae, and an additional 1,170 speakers are counted as part of the diaspora community (Eberhard et al. 2021)
DATE OF INFO
2010
DOMAINES D'UTILISATION
TENDANCES AU NIVEAU DES LOCUTEURS
TRANSMISSION
MORE ON VITALITY
Domains of use categorized as "Safe-Vulnerable", and a 0.5 on the LEI scale (p. 116)
ATTITUDE DES LOCUTEURS
Positive attitudes for both Kosraean and English, bilingualism seen as an additive (p. 46)
AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
English
COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
"Currently in Kosrae, what is unofficially prescribed as the language of instruction for kindergarten to second grade is 100% Kosraean, then from grades three to eight it switches to 10% Kosraean and 90% English, and at grade nine they switch to a completely English instructed curriculum" (p. 13)
Caractères, systèmes d'écriture et orthographes
Latin
Orthographe
High rate of literacy in Kosraean (90.7%) and English (90.1%) as of 2010 census (p. 1)
PLACES
Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Informations incomplètes “World Oral Literature Project” .
Menacée
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,000
Informations incomplètes “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Menacée
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,570
8,000 in Micronesia (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 8,570.
PLACES
Nauru; Micronesia;
Informations incomplètes “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Menacée
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available