What is Palauan language?
{{Infobox language |name = Palauan |nativename = ''a tekoi er a Belau'' |states = [[Palau]], [[Guam]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]] |pushpin_map = Southeast Asia |coordinates = {{coord|7.34|134.48}} |speakers = {{sigfig|16550|2}} |date=2008 |ref=<ref>The figure used here, for all countries, is from ''Ethnologue.'' According to the 2005 Palau Census, there are 18,544 people aged 5 years or older residing in the Republic of Palau, of whom 4,718 do not speak Palauan. There are thus an estimated 13,826 Palauan speakers in Palau as of 2005; the [[UNSD]] estimated 12,400 in Palau in 2008. This number does not include native Palauan speakers residing outside of Palau, who probably comprise several thousand additional speakers (4,000 according to ''Ethnologue''). (See {{Harvcolnb|Nuger|2016|pp=13}}.)</ref> |familycolor = Austronesian |fam2 = [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] |script = [[Latin script|Latin]] (formerly [[katakana]])<ref>Katakana is no longer widely used, since the orthography based on Latin script has received official status and is taught in schools. But see {{Harvcolnb|Matsumoto|2001|pp=90}}.</ref> |nation = {{flag|Palau}} |agency = [http://palaulanguagecommission.blogspot.com/ Palau Language Commission] |iso2 = pau |iso3 = pau |glotto=pala1344 |glottorefname=Palauan |lingua = [http://www.linguasphere.info/lcontao/tl_files/pdf/master/OL-SITE%201999-2000%20MASTER%20ONE%20Sectors%203-Zones%2030-34.pdf <code>31-PAA-aa</code>] |notice=IPA }} '''Palauan''' (''tekoi er a Belau'') is a [[Micronesian languages|Micronesian language]] spoken in [[Palau]]. It is officially regulated by the [[Palau Language Commission]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Micronesian languages]] [[Category:Palau]]