ISO 639-3 · pfapfa
Austronesian family
Pááfang
pworausen Pááféng
Pááfang is a language of the Chuukic branch (Austronesian), spoken in Federated States of Micronesia. Wikidata counts about 1,300 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Micronesian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pfa- Glottocode
paaf1237- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Pááfang · pworausen Pááféng |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pááfang language, Paafang, Paafang language, Pááféng |
| All speakers | 1,300 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Pááfang
The branches above Pááfang, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Federated States of Micronesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalponPohnpeianAustronesian · 29,0002 · ProvincialkosKosraeanAustronesian · 8,0002 · ProvincialyapYapeseAustronesian · 5,1302 · ProvincialngmNgatik Men’s Creoleunclassified · 7006b · ThreatenednkrNukuoroAustronesian5 · DevelopingkpgKapingamarangiAustronesian4 · EducationalmkjMokileseAustronesian6a · VigorouspifPingelapeseAustronesian6a · VigorousnuwNguluwanAustronesian8b · Nearly Extinct