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Chamorro (English: / tʃ ə ˈ m ɒr oʊ /; Chamorro: Finuʼ Chamorro (CNMI), Finoʼ CHamoru (Guam)) 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.
- 58,000 (2005–2015)
Chamorro (Finu' Chamoru / Fino' CHamoru) Chamorro is Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 64,000 people mainly in Guam, and also in the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) and the USA. In 2015 there were about 30,300 of Chamorro in Guam, where it is a statutory national language.
Map of Guam Doug Herman. The Mariana Islands proved not terribly useful to the Spanish. ... Today, the Chamorro language retains its traditional grammar, but 55 percent of the vocabulary borrows ...
May 12, 2021 · May 12, 2021 I Na'an Lugåt (Guam Place Names) Hearing I Kumisión i Fino’ CHamoru yan i Fina’nå’guen i Historia yan Lina’la’ i Taotao Tåno’ and I Na’an Lugåt announces the second of three public hearings to be held at community centers around the island to review the names of villages.
Reception of a Manila galleon by the Chamorro in the Ladrones Islands, circa 1590 Boxer Codex. The Chamorro language is included in the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian family. Because Guam was colonized by Spain for over 300 years, Chamorro has acquired many loanwords from Spanish.
- 63,035 (2020 census)
- 12,902 (2010 census)
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Their vernacular, called the Chamorro language, is not a Micronesian dialect but a distinct language with its own vocabulary and grammar. The Chamorro language is still used in many homes on Guam, though English is the island’s official language. The Chamorro are predominately Roman Catholic.
Feb 13, 2020 · Experts warn that without intervention, there may not be any first-language speakers of the CHamoru language within 30 years. Photograph: Anita Hofschneider/The Guardian. Guam’s new...
