(documentation NgatikMensCreoleLanguage EnglishLanguage "The NgatikMensCreoleLanguage is a PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage of Micronesia. SIL code: NGM. ISO 639-2: cpe. Population: 700 including 500 on atoll (1983 Poyer), 200 on Ponape. Region: Ngatik (Sapuahfik) Atoll, east of the Caroline Islands. Alternate names: NGATIKESE MEN'S LANGUAGE, NGATIKESE. Comments: A creolized language from the Sapuahfik dialect of Ponapean and English whose genesis is the direct result of a massacre in 1837 of adult males on Ngatik by British traders. Spoken by adult males who are also native bilinguals of the Sapuahfik dialect of Ponapean. Adult male speakers. Women and children understand it. Agriculturalists: coconut, fishermen, pig raisers.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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