Alternate Names: Ponapean
Dialects: Kiti, Ponapean, Sapwuahfik. Lexical similarity: 81% with Pingelapese ,, 75% with Mokilese ,, 36% with Chuukese ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 29,000 in Micronesia (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). 24,000 on Pohnpei, 3,430 on outer islands, 280 elsewhere. Population total all countries: 31,350.
Language Use: Vigorous. Used as L2 by Mokilese [mkj], Ngatik Men’s Creole [ngm], Nukuoro [nkr], Pingelapese [pif].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1994.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Micronesia