Puluwatese

PUW

vigorous

Alternate Names: Puluwat

Dialects: Pulapese, Pulusukese, Puluwatese. 64% intelligibility of Satawalese ,, 40% of Woleaian ,, 21% of Ulithian ,. Lexical similarity: 88% with Satawalese , and Carolinian ,, 83% with Mortlockese ,, 82% with Woleaian ,, 81% with Chuukese ,, 72% with Ulithian ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
Micronesian
Micronesian Proper
Ponapeic-Trukic
Trukic

Demographics: 1,360 (1989 census).

Language Use: Vigorous. Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Dictionary.

Nation of Origin: Micronesia