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  Nauruan language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Nauruan language (dorerin Naoero) is an Austronesian language spoken in Nauru.
It is a member of the Micronesian family of Austronesian languages.
With the increasing influence of foreign languages and the increase of Nauruan texts, the dialects blended into a standardized language, which was promoted through dictionaries and translations by Alois Kayser and Philip Delaporte.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nauruan_language   (943 words)

  
 Timothy Detudamo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
in April 1953) was a Nauruan politician and linguist.
Until June 30, 1943, Detudamo was Governor of Nauru, when in WWII he was deported to Truk by Japanese invadors, along with most of the Nauruan population.
On January 31, 1946, he became again head chief of Nauru, until the Nauruan executive was professionalized and modernized on December 18, 1951.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timothy_Detudamo   (260 words)

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:NRU
The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Nauruan.
Used as a second language by the Kiribati, Tuvalu, Kosraean, Marshallese.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=NRU   (96 words)

  
 Nauruan language resources
Nauruan(s) adjective: Nauruan Nepal noun: Nepalese (singular and plural) adjective: Nepalese Netherlands noun: Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women) adjective: Dutch Netherlands...
It is the Nauruan village pump, the Nauruan de kroeg, the Nauruan Ich brauche hilfe, the Nauruan le bistro, the Nauruan taberna.
Nauruan-English Vocabulary from Solange Petit-Skinner's "The Nauruans" 1981.
mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Nauruan.html   (1252 words)

  
 User talk:Meibitobure - Wikipedia
He seems to be native Nauruan, but doesn't seem to speak English.
It refers to the class of people in Nauruan heirarchy who are not indentured to the temoniba or the'mo. THey are 'free' to own land.
>"*The Nauruan translations for the days (monday, tuesday, etc.), months (January, February, etc.) and for the continents ("Europe" seems to be "Uirope", but what's with the others like "Africa", "America", "Asia", "Australia", and "Antarctica"?" OKay, Days of the week (with the exception of saturday) are takign from German.
na.wikipedia.org /wiki/User_talk:Meibitobure   (1924 words)

  
 Nauru language Definition / Nauru language Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Nauruan language (Ekakairũ Naoero) is an AustronesianThe Austronesian languages are a family of languages widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia.
Austronesian is one of the largest language families in the world, both...
Almost all speakers are bilingual in EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language that originated in England.
www.elresearch.com /Nauru_language   (220 words)

  
 Culture of Nauru - One Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The language of Nauru, Nauri language is a mixture of those of the neighbouring islands.
Nauruans are big sports fans, above all football and softball.
The sensational gold medal of Nauru's Marcus Stephen in the 1990 Commonwealth Games initiated the establishment of the Nauruan Olympic Committee.
www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Culture_of_Nauru   (558 words)

  
 Focus on Nauru
On Nauru, the Nauruan language is distinct, and is spoken by most Nauruans.
For many Nauruans, the phosphate mines are up there, on a plateau called "topside", and are out of sight and out of mind.
Many Nauruans however seem less concerned with the economics involved than with the dimension of human suffering.
www.janeresture.com /nauru_focus   (631 words)

  
 Nauru: Report: Part I: Descriptive Sections
To contribute to the Nauruan society, identity and pride based on a foundation of obedience to God; respect for each other; loyalty to the State, its President and [traditional] leaders.
This goal was set to strengthen and ensure the survival of the Nauruan language and that it was believed that Nauruans, being more comfortable with their own language, would understand and perform better in their studies.
Even though this goal is targeted at the school level it is hoped that in the longer run it would have a positive effect on the secondary schools and later the adult population.
www2.unesco.org /wef/countryreports/nauru/rapport_1.html   (4540 words)

  
 Nauru - Wikitravel
Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes
While phosphates have given Nauruans one of the highest per capita incomes in the Third World, few other resources exist with most necessities being imported, including fresh water from Australia.
Chinese food is recommended because it may be fresher than Nauruan imported food.
wikitravel.org /en/Nauru   (778 words)

  
 Nauru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Nauruan is one of the least known languages of Micronesia.
I managed to collect a variety of lexical data from various published and unpublished sources, which I collated by means of a computer database.
One of the earliest Nauruan lexical descriptions was by Ph.
www.trussel.com /f_nau.htm   (174 words)

  
 Nauruan language: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Nauruan language (Ekakairũ Naoero) is an Austronesian (The family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia)
Almost all speakers are bilingual in English (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries)
It is a member of the Micronesian family of Austronesian languages, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/nauruan_language   (423 words)

  
 Moment Deutsche Bank - Karin Sander - nauruan
There are no spelling rules in the Nauruan language.
Because the language developed only in this small island state in the middle of the Pacific, cut off from other linguistic influences it has no affinities with other languages.
Pitcher also explains that Nauruan is a very complicated language that is spoken by very few people.
www.moment-art.com /e/sander/show_language.php3?lang_id=nauruan   (83 words)

  
 Worldworx Travel - Regional Information - Australasia and Oceania - Oceania - Nauru
Nauru is the world's smallest independent republic and is situated in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands and 41 km south of the equator.
The ethnic mix is made up of Nauruans, Pacific Islanders, Chinese and a few Europeans.
The official language is Nauruan although English is widely spoken.
worldworx.tv /regional-information/australasia-oceania/oceania/nauru   (447 words)

  
 Talk:Inactive wikis - Meta
Some of them like the Nauruan are edited by people who need a book to learn about the grammar while adding content to the wikipedia that is to be a resource about this language.
You are a "warrior" for all these languages and you do your utmost to defend their right to have their place under the wikipedia sun.
With the help of w:en:User:Belgian man and the help of a very rare nauruan grammar book containing about 250 pages which I got recently, I shall be able to create some articles.
meta.wikimedia.org /wiki/Talk:Inactive_wikis   (1175 words)

  
 Phrasebase™ - NAURUAN LANGUAGE Facts and Information - NAURUAN Statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Countries where spoken: 6,000 (1991 Bender and Rehg), 50% of the population, 7,000 including second language users (1991 UBS).
We use a variety of sources for compiling these facts and information about Nauruan Language.
Base your opinion on factors such as how easy it is to learn, how it sounds, how well you can use it to convey your thoughts, etc...
63.217.229.7 /languages/index.php?cat=274   (190 words)

  
 nauruan - Ask.com Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Languages: Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes
The Nauruan Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens, and the
Nauruan flags • Nauru flag • flag of Nauru free gifs
iwon.ask.com /web?q=nauruan&o=10361   (235 words)

  
 A Word of Nauruan - Pacific Islands Quiz
A Word of Nauruan - Pacific Islands Quiz
This is about the words of the Nauruan language.
Nauru is a small island in the Pacific, and its language is not widely spoken, as it is one of the rarest of the Micronesian languages.
www.funtrivia.com /quizdetails.cfm?quiz=69540   (43 words)

  
 Nauruan Reference
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www.worldlanguage.com /Products/Nauruan/Reference/Page1.htm   (81 words)

  
 Nauruan (on ReferenceFizz.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
You are here: ReferenceFizz.com > Dictionaries > World Languages > N > Nauruan
Yale University list of English vocabulary and kinship words with the Nauruan language translation.
List of Nauruan language vocabulary with English translations from context.
www.referencefizz.com /Dictionaries/World_Languages/N/Nauruan   (122 words)

  
 Some seriously small countries!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Pope John Paul II recently passed away and the process to choose a new pope is underway.
The government is in the Yaren District CURRENCY: the Austrailian dollar LANGUAGE: Nauruan (though english is widely used) Nauru is a small oval shaped island that has large phosphate deposits that were mined by the Brittish and the Germans.
In 1806 it became a soveign state and untill the end of World War I it was closely tied to Austria.
schoolweb.missouri.edu /ashland.k12.mo.us/0405/18   (866 words)

  
 Pacific Islands Quizzes and Trivia -- World's Largest Trivia Site!
What do you know about the language that is spoken on these beautiful islands?
This is designed to encourage you to increase your knowledge of other languages.
It is based on what I have learned from 13 years in New Zealand, coming from England.
www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/world/world_languages/pacific_islands.html   (243 words)

  
 Search OLAC Archives - Nauruan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
alphabet corpus description dictionary discourse documentation grammar language lexicon linguistics morphology phonology recording speech syntax text
description: Various descriptive and analytic texts regarding the Nauruan language, drawn from the Rosetta 1,000 Language Archive.
description: A page from the Web edition of Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th edition) giving basic facts about the language (including population, location, alternate names, dialects, and classification) with notes on language use and...
www.language-archives.org /tools/search?query=Nauruan   (84 words)

  
 TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
Internet: ISPs include VPM Internet Services; there is one Internet cafe on the island, and access to the Internet may be available in hotels.
Press: The main newspaper is The Nasero Bulletin, published fortnightly in Nauruan and English.
Others are the Central Star News and the Nauru Chronicle.
www.traveldocs.com /nr/tips.htm   (145 words)

  
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Phosphates have given Nauruans one of the highest per capita incomes in the Third World--$10,000 annually.
Few other resources exist so most necessities must be imported, including fresh water from Australia.
Substantial investment in trust funds, out of phosphate income, will help cushion the transition.
www.textfiles.com /politics/CIA/nauru.txt   (61 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for language code:nau
Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Nauru > Nauruan
Used as a second language by 1,000 Kiribati, Tuvalu, Kosraean, or Marshallese.
This web edition of the Ethnologue contains all the content of the print edition and may be cited as:
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=nau   (74 words)

  
 Language and Literature : Nauru : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library ofCongress)
Language and Literature : Nauru : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library ofCongress)
This pathfinder includes information about language and literature in Nauru.
Presents links to useful information on the Nauruan language.
www.loc.gov /rr/international/asian/nauru/resources/nauru-language.html   (75 words)

  
 Nauru People 1989 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Ethnic divisions: 58% Nauruan, 26% other Pacific Islander, 8% Chinese, 8% European
Language: Nauruan, a distinct Pacific Island language (official); English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes
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www.theodora.com /wfb1989/nauru/nauru_people.html   (99 words)

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