Chamorro
Chamorro is an Austronesian language spoken in Guam and Northern Mariana Islands, by about 64.3 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Chamorro is an Austronesian language spoken by about 58,000 people, numbering about 25,800 on Guam and about 32,200 in the Northern Mariana Islands and elsewhere.
It is the historic native language of the Chamorro people, who are indigenous to the Mariana Islands, although it is less commonly spoken today than in the past. Chamorro has three distinct dialects: Guamanian, Rotanese, and that in the other Northern Mariana Islands (NMI).
From Wikipedia · Chamorro language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Written down
Todo taotao siha man mafanago libertao yan pareho gi dignidad yan derecho siha, man manae siha hinaso yan consiencia yan debe de ufatinas contra uno yan otro gi un espiritun chumelo.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Chamorro
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | nana | |
| woman | palao’an | |
| ear | talanga | |
| nose | gui'eng | |
| breast | susu | |
| liver | higadu | |
| water | hånom | |
| fire | guafi | |
| moon | pulan | |
| sky | långet | |
| tree | tronko | |
| night | puengi | |
| dog | ga'lagu | |
| cow | guaka | |
| pig | babui | |
| one | unu | |
| three | tres | |
| die | måtai | |
| tea | cha | |
| coffee | café | |
| egg | chada' | |
| hello | håfa adai | |
| book | lepblo | |
| money | salape |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- Pangutaran SamaAustronesian89% alike
- MarovoAustronesian88% alike
- BolinaoAustronesian85% alike
- Cocos Islands MalayAustronesian85% alike
- TenggerAustronesian85% alike
- Ga'dangAustronesian84% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · cham1312 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · cha