Chamorro language
Appearance
Chamorro | |
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Native to | Mariana Islands |
Ethnicity | Chamorro |
Native speakers | 58,000 (2005–2015)[1] |
Austronesian
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Official status | |
Official language in | ![]() ![]() |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ch |
ISO 639-2 | cha |
ISO 639-3 | cha |
Glottolog | cham1312 |
ELP | Chamorro |
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Chamorro (English: /tʃəˈmɒroʊ/;[2] Chamorro: Finuʼ Chamorro (CNMI), Finoʼ CHamoru (Guam)[3]) is a language spoken in Guam and the Mariana Islands by the Chamorro people. It has a lot of loanwords from the Spanish language. It is spoken by about 58,000 people.
The Chamorro language has its own Wikipedia. The first edit was made there in 2004.
History
[change | change source]In 1922, the US government banned the Chamorro language. Now, most Chamorro in Guam speak English. However, some people are teaching Chamorro classes so that others can learn the language.
Letters
[change | change source]Chamorro uses the ABCs like English and Spanish. The Spanish brought them this alphabet.
Vowels
[change | change source]Chamorro has 6 vowels.
Letter | Pronunciation |
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Å | like a in car |
A | like a in cat |
I | like ee in meet or i in pit |
E | like e in met or ee in meet |
U | like oo in tool or u in put |
O | like ow in low or u in put |
Consonants
[change | change source]Chamorro has 19 consonants.
Letter | Pronunciation |
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' | as in the space between "uh" and "oh" in uh-oh |
B | |
Ch | |
D | |
F | |
G | |
H | |
J | |
K | |
L | |
M | |
N | |
Ñ | as in the ni in onion |
NG | as in the ng in sing |
P | |
R | |
S | |
T | |
Y | as in the z in zoo or j in June |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Chamorro at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ↑ "Chamorro". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020.
- ↑ "Chamorro Orthography Rules". Guampedia. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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Chamorro edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia