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Palauan

Austronesian language
Intangible natural_language Q33776
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Summary

Palauan is a natural language[1]. Palauan draws 1,765 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #165 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Palau[3], United States[4]
  • Instance of: modern language[5]
  • Subclass of: Western Malayo-Polynesian[6]
  • Writing system: Latin script[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Palauan language[8]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 17,000[9]
  • Native label: a tekoi er a Belau[10], tekoi er a Belau[11]
  • Different from: Palawano[12], Paluan[13]
  • Indigenous to: Palau[14]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/PAU[15]
  • Ethnologue language status: 1 National[16]
  • Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[17]

Why It Matters

Palauan has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Palauan is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Koror Palau printer United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . tekinged.com. Retrieved . tekinged.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Palau, United States
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Palau
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