Tanapag is a nearly extinct Micronesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken in the Tanapag settlement of the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. Younger people speak Chamorro instead of Tanapag, but there are also efforts being made to promote the language.

Phonology Consonants +Table of Consonant SoundsBilabialLabio-dentalDental-alveolar PalatalVelarPlosivesp, bt, dc, ɟk, ɡNasalsmnŋFricativesf, vs (z), ʂ (ʐ)x, ɣLateral(l)(ɫ)RolledrContinuantswj(w)

See also Carolinian language

Further reading (Includes Tanapag versions of some words.)

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