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	Yap
		The Yapese language is related to the Malay languages of Southeast Asia, though with strong New Guinean influences.
		Their culture and languages (Ulithian and Woleaian) are closely related to those of the neighboring islands of Truk.
		Yapese sailors travelled phenomenal distances in outrigger canoes, without the aid of a compass, navigating by the stars and the patterns of ocean waves.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/y/ya/yap.html (678 words)

	Catholic Church in Micronesia: Yap
		On February 2, 1887, the first Yapese was baptized—a child who was given the name Leo in honor of the pope who had appointed the Spanish Capuchins to their new mission in Micronesia.
		Yapese, who were considered the best workers in Micronesia, were sent away in increasing numbers to labor in the phosphate mines on Angaur and Fais.
		A new generation of Yapese catechists had come to maturity during the war and were now serving the needs of their church.
	www.micsem.org /pubs/books/catholic/yap (12735 words)

	Yapese Culture
		Yapese is the language spoken on Yap proper.
		Dances are an important part of Yapese culture because they are used to celebrate significant events in the community, whether it is the building of a new structure or an elementary school graduation.
		Important to the Yapese culture are taro, coconut, breadfruit, bananas, mangoes, sweet potatoes, tapioca, and papaya.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/asia/yapese_culture.html (941 words)

	Pacific Service Region - Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
		They, along with English, are the official languages of the state.
		Yapese is spoken only on Yap proper, and it is a language unlike any other spoken throughout Micronesia and the Pacific.
		The outer island people of Yap speak a language which is quite similar to that spoken by outer islanders of Chuuk and the Carolinians of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
	www.prel.org /pacserv/yap.asp (381 words)

	Translations from Yapese to English and all other language combinations.
		It may be an letter in the Yapese language that requires translation into English or a Portuguese brochure translation into Yapese.
		Yapese business translation and financial translations into / from Yapese are required to achieve global business opportunities.
		Or perhaps Yapese English Translation Whatever the instance, whether translation of a letter or Yapese financial statements to be translated into English, Yapese business translation is neccessary in todays global economy.
	www.axistranslations.com /languages-translated/Yapese-translation.htm (509 words)

	Yapese Translation Service - English to Yapese Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		You probably don't speak Yapese yourself, so there are a few questions you'll need to consider when choosing a translation company.
		Language is a living thing it develops and changes constantly.
		To ensure our translators keep abreast of the language our Yapese translators live in-county and translate into their mother tongue.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/yapese_translation.shtml (448 words)

	Yapese
		Yapese is a language spoken by 6,600 people on the island of Yap (Federated States of Micronesia).
		It has been postulated that Yapese is one of the Manus languages.
		A few months back, when I was regaling my high school reunion class with tales about the beauty of Guam, I mentioned casually that we will have 1.2 million tourists visiting the island this year.
	www.governpub.com /Languages-Y/Yapese.php (96 words)

	Yapese language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It has been suggested that Yapese may be one of the Admiralty Island languages.
		In Yapese spelling as practised until the 1970's, the glottal stop was not written with an explicit character.
		This new orthography using the letter 'q' is not universally in use, but many works and maps about Yap represent place names using the orthography and contain puzzling amounts of the letter 'q'.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yapese_language (229 words)

	Yapese Community House - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Yapese Community House - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Community houses in Yap state, the westernmost state of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), serve as meeting places for Yapese villagers.
		The Yapese have retained much of their traditional culture, despite the influence of Western administrations from the late 1800s to 1986, when the FSM gained self-government.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461519900/Yapese_Community_House.html (56 words)

	languagehat.com: MICRONESIAN ORTHOGRAPHY.
		A simpler, underspecified writing system would allow more Yapese to write their own language without having to run everything by someone with sufficient linguistic training to understand the New Orthography.
		Besides, you're missing the whole point of phonemic transcription -- IPA is for sounds, regardless of what role they play in a language; what's needed for a writing system is a representation of the distinctive units of the language, which is what phonemes are.
		It is not so much a concern for phonemicness that causes a gulf between linguiste-friendly and other-user-friendly systems, so much as the desire of linguistes to use the same set of symbols across lots of languages, which is efficient if you are a linguiste, but irrelevant otherwise.
	www.languagehat.com /archives/001534.php (913 words)

	Palau: Airai -- Native Place: Yapese Quarry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There would be a connection between the high chief of a village here, and a high chief of a ranking village in Yap.
		But the Yapese sufficed with staying under a cave, with a hearth for warmth and just a little space to rest.
		And in fact one of the Yapese boys, 5 or 6 years old, was adopted by a Palauan family, because he would go with his father everyday.
	www.pacificworlds.com /palau/native/native5.cfm (1144 words)

	micronesian people oceanic social studies
		Famous for its exceptional scuba diving and enhanced by the many relics from WW11 which made it famous, these islands are a mix of remote outposts and commercial tourist destinations, of traditional cultures and lifestyles and American and Japanese playgrounds.
		The official language of the country is English." Basic population stats.
		English is the official language, though some local government organisations still conduct business in Yapese language." A general overview.
	www.archaeolink.com /micronesian_people_oceanic_socia.htm (554 words)

	Air Passenger Safety Instructions
		(4) In the State of Yap, the Yapese language as spoken on Yap proper.
		The Secretary of the Department of Transportation is authorized to issue implementing regulations which shall provide for the imposition of civil penalties, not to exceed $5,000 per offense, for the failure to provide air passenger safety instructions in the required languages.
		Such regulations shall be issued in accordance with the requirements of chapter 1 of title 17 of this code.
	www.fsmlaw.org /fsm/code/title20/T20_Ch13.htm (167 words)

	Tide Pools at Jack Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For the most part, younger kids speak their native language until around the age of 5 or 6 when they are then beginning to speak more and more English to prepare for school days ahead.
		It was very easy to understand almost everyone there when they spoke English, but listening to their Yapese or Ulithian language sounds like mumbo-jumbo to me. Lot's of rolling R's.
		Most Island groups or states within Micronesia have their own custom language even though they are not far apart geographically (there are some similarities between them).
	www.sad6.k12.me.us /jm/tide_pool/yap2.html (671 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| Yap: The land of stone money - An emotional Return
		I was talking to the daughter of one of the Yapese men.
		Then Nifin, the mother of the house, with tears in her eyes, came to me in front of the family and thanked me. Then it was time to eat.
		Yet, for as many differences in dress,superstitions, language, and culture, the value of friendship, of time spent together, is the same.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/4276.html (9888 words)

	Yap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yap is notable for its stone money, known as Fé (see photograph at left): large donut-shaped, carved disks of (usually) calcite, up to 4 m (12 ft) in diameter (most are much smaller).
		Yap Proper (known as Wa'ab or Waqab) was initially settled by ancient migrants from the Malay Peninsula, the Indonesian Archipelago, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
		Their culture and languages (Ulithian and Woleaian) are closely related to those of the neighboring islands of Chuuk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yap (831 words)

	Yap: Federated States of Micronesia
		Most of the other islands are coral atolls and are sparsely populated by a people different from the Yapese in culture and language.
		English is the official language so some local Government organizations still conduct business in the Yapese language.
		Because of its position, Yap was minimally affected when the Spanish colonized Micronesia in the 1500s and again during German occupation from the end of the 1800s to the beginning of World War I. The same thing occurred during the Japanese occupation, so by Micronesian standards, Yap remains relatively unaffected by modern society.
	www.janeresture.com /fedmic/yap.htm (821 words)

	Sights - Yap Visitors Center
		Most of the outer islands are coral atolls and are sparsely populated by a people different from the Yapese in culture and language.
		English is the official language, though some local government organizations still conduct business in Yapese language.
		Because of its position, Yap was minimally affected when the Spanish colonized Micronesia in the 1500s, and again during German occupation from the end of the 1800s to the end of World War I. The same occurred during the Japanese occupation, so by Micronesian standards, Yap remains relat
	www.visit-fsm.org /yap/sights.html (577 words)

	Linguist List - Dissertation Abstracts
		Drawing on accessibility theory, typological work in the textlinguistic tradition, and a perceptually grounded version of the situation model framework, the dissertation argues that representations of the most highly salient entities and clauses in narrative tend to exploit semantic resources which work to create a rich simulacra of perceptual experience.
		Highly foregrounded clauses in Yapese narrative may be zero-marked, they may take the inceptive nga, or they may be in the perfect non-present ka qu.
		Yapese has a definite and two indefinite articles, and contrasts speaker proximal, hearer proximal, and distal demonstratives.
	linguistlist.org /pubs/diss/browse-diss-action.cfm?DissID=11694 (366 words)

	BYU NewsNet - Yapese Book of Mormon complete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Earlier this year, the little-known language of Yapese became a significant name in the church curriculum department.
		For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Yap, part of the Federated States of Micronesia, the new translation means the end of a 25-year wait.
		"There are 17,000 Yapese speakers," said Kai Anderson, a director in the Curriculum Department of the LDS Church.
	newsnet.byu.edu /story.cfm/49261 (391 words)

	Top20Languages.com - Online Directory for Languages.
		Language and linguistics resources for Asian languages including Japanese hiragana with vocabulary, a Korean linguistics glossary, Mandarin Chinese and Old English with romanization and transliteration.
		Estimates for the world's top 20 languages (given in millions) on the basis of the number of mother-tongue (first-language) speakers and population estimates for those countries where the language has official status.
		This list deals with particular languages, and includes only natural languages spoken or signed by humans.
	www.top20languages.com (1041 words)

	Yap Micronesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With a little coaxing, the visitor may soon find his or herself helping with a chore, like launching a canoe or weaving a basket to carry coconuts.
		This special kind of island encounter is not unusual on Yap and is part of the Yapese spirit that makes the island so enticing and enchanting.
		Because of its position, Yap was minimally affected when the Spanish colonized Micronesia in the 1500s, and again during German occupation from the end of the 1800s to the end of World War I. The same occurred during the Japanese occupation, so by Micronesian standards, Yap remains relatively unaffected by modern society.
	www.mojointernationalcorp.com /toppage4.htm (1169 words)

	Sport Diver Magazine - Manta Ray Bay Hotel Buys Schooner
		In the Yapese language it is the name of a rare sea hawk that is seldom seen but yet is famous in Yapese traditional lore.
		Another team of carpenters joined the project in early May to work on the galley deck which contains an industrial kitchen, 2 toilets and the Maagirag (means ''One and Only'' in the Yapese language) Lounge.
		The Maagirag Lounge (fully air-conditioned) will be used as an area for business meetings, social gatherings, a movie theater, a game room with comfortable lounge chairs and couches plus an extra dinning room when the occasion requires.
	www.sportdiver.com /article.jsp?ID=901 (672 words)

	Original Artwork: Dot Barlowe: Yap: Partnership of People & Nature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"The land, not the man, is chief." This Yapese adage reflects the high esteem in which the citizens of the State of Yap hold their home.
		Cleverly making use of the natural bounty of the tropical archipelago, the Yap people fulfill many of their basic needs by employing the resources around them.
		Another practical item fashioned from the local flora is the Bamboo Raft, know as fafat in the Yapese language.
	www.artworkoriginals.com /EB5SB8US.htm (465 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Yap
		Yap is perhaps the most traditional of the Federated States of Micronesia's four states.
		A large (approximately 8 feet in height) example of Yapese stone money in the village of Gachpar
		Yap is notable for its stone money (see photograph at left): large donut-shaped, carved disks of (usually) calcite, up to 4 m (12 ft) in diameter (most are much smaller).
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Yap (693 words)

	Fuller Theological Seminary
		Before coming to Fuller, he served as professor of intercultural studies, provost, and senior vice president at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif. Lingenfelter also served for fifteen years in the State University of New York at Brockport where he was tenured as professor of anthropology.
		He and his wife Judith did their doctoral dissertation research on Yap in the Western Caroline Islands, learning the Yapese language and conducting more than three years of field research over a ten year period.
		The Lingenfelters have served as consultants, workshop leaders, and lecturers with various mission organizations, including more than 20 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators.
	www.fuller.edu /alumni_ae/E-News/2002-03/lingenfelter.asp (321 words)

	Sport Diver Magazine - South Seas Schooner Arrives in Yap
		Surabaya, Indonesia, Bill and crew were welcomed by family, friends and employees of Manta Ray Bay Hotel and Yap Divers with nunuws (traditional Yapese flowered head-bands), beer, hugs, laughter and more beer.
		In the Yapese language, Mnuw is the name of a rare sea hawk that is seldom seen but yet famous in Yapese traditional lore.
		After some final construction and maintenance, she will sit in front of the Manta Ray Bay Hotel and offer our guests, two air-conditioned private dinning rooms, two bars, a movie room, a game room, meeting rooms, Internet café, micro brewery and the ambiance of the South Seas.
	www.sportdiver.com /article.jsp?ID=2535 (816 words)

	Treat1
		learn the Chuukese language to better be able to speak with them.
		we need someone who can speak the language and spend some considerable time in the villages.
		In addition to Chuukese we intend to learn the Yapese language.
	www.sarcoc.org /Treat1.html (1416 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:YPS
		The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
		It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).
		Ethnologue data from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 14th Edition
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=YPS (58 words)

	LINGUIST List 16.3471: Text/Corpus Linguistics: Ballantyne: 'Textual...'
		Keira Ballantyne, Textual Structure and Discourse Prominence in Yapese Narrative
		The Yapese system of reference is analyzed with respect to cognitive
		Yapese has a definite and two indefinite articles, and
	www.ling.ed.ac.uk /linguist/issues/16/16-3471.html (357 words)

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