Palauan language
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- "Palauan" redirects here. For the Iraya dialect, see Palauan-Calavite
Palauan (also spelled Belauan) is the language spoken on Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia (the other being Chamorro) belonging to the Western Malayo-Polynesian group, all others considered to be members of the Micronesian subgroup of Eastern Malayo-Polynesian.
External links
- http://www.pacificworlds.com/palau/onwards/lang8.cfm
- http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/pacifique/belau.htm (French page)
- http://www.prel.org/PALM/Palauan/index.asp
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