Alternate Names: Ngatikese, Ngatikese Men’s Language
Dialects: A creolized language from Sapuahfik Pohnapeian , dialect and English , whose genesis is the direct result of a massacre in 1837 of adult males on Ngatik by British traders.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 700. 500 on atoll (1983 L. Poyer), 200 on Ponape. 0 monolinguals.
Language Use: Women and children understand it. All are bilingual in the Sapwahfik dialect of Pohnpeian [pon] (Wurm 2007).
Nation of Origin: Micronesia