Satawalese

STW

developing

Dialects: None known. 60% intelligibility of Ulithian , and Woleaian ,. Lexical similarity: 95% with Carolinian ,, 88% with Woleaian , and Puluwatese ,, 82% with Mortlockese ,, 79% with Chuukese ,, 77% 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: 460 (1987 census).

Language Use: Vigorous.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Micronesia