The Nauruan language (Ekakairũ Naoero) is an Austronesian language spoken in Nauru. It is estimated that it has 7,000 speakers, approximately 50% of the population. Almost all speakers are bilingual in English. The 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. ... The Republic of Nauru (pronounced nah-OO-roo), formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island republic in the South Pacific Ocean. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
It is a member of the Micronesian family of Austronesian languages. Its ISO 639 codes are 'na' and 'nau'. ISO 639 is one of several international standards that lists short codes for language names. ...
Delaporte's Nauruan Dictionary
In 1907, Philip Delaporte published his pocket German-Nauruan dictionary (Taschenwörterbuch Deutsch-Nauruisch (http://www.trussel.com/kir/naudel.htm)). The dictionary is small (10.5 x 14 cm), with 65 pages devoted to the glossary and an additional dozen to phrases, arranged alphabetically by the German. Approximately 1650 German words are glossed in Nauruan, often by phrases or synonymous forms. There are some 1300 'unique' Nauruan forms in the glosses, including all those occurring in phrases, and ignoring diacritical marks. The accents used there are not common; just one accent (the tilde) is in use today. Philip Adam Delaporte, a German born American Protestant missionary, was sent to Nauru with his family in November of 1899. ... Categories: Dictionaries | Lists | Technical communication tools ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... A diacritic mark or accent mark is an additional mark added to a basic letter. ... The tilde is a grapheme which has several uses, described below. ...
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