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Austronesian language

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Palauan is a language spoken in Palau, an island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, and belongs to the Austronesian language family that spans across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It matters as the national language of Palau and represents an important part of the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Pacific region.

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Encyclopedic overview

Palauan (a tekoi er a Belau) is a Malayo-Polynesian language native to the Republic of Palau, where it is one of the two official languages, alongside English. It is widely used in day-to-day life in the country. Palauan is not closely related to other Malayo-Polynesian languages and its exact classification within the family is unclear.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palauan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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