The Pohnpeian Language
I. Introduction
As human beings we communicate in some form weather its using our mouths, sounds, motions, clicking sounds, etc. Either way we communicate to build relationships or to simply get a task done. There are roughly about 7,000 different languages spoken around the world and changes yearly (BBC). All different and from various regions of the world all have one thing in common and that is grammatical structure.
A. Background Information
First, thing about writing about a certain topic is background information. It is necessary for both the reader and writer to understand a little of what they are learning. So the language I chose was Ponapean which is spoken on the island of Ponape also known as Ascension Island. …show more content…
Also, the language could become endangered because the original language is being replaced with another like English or maybe another dialect. With that being established there are currently 29,000 people who speak Pohnpeian and majority of them all live on the island or on neighbor islands. While I couldn’t necessarily pinpoint a specific reason on the endangerment of this language. I did find it interesting that the Pohnpeian language has borrowed many words from other nationalities around the world. The island was sited in 1595 by Spanish explorer, Pedro Fernandez Quiros, but officially documented and named by Russian Captain Frederic Lutke in 1828. It is documented that the Pohnpeian language has borrowed words from German, English, and Japanese Language. Out of all those 3 English has influenced the people of Pohnpeian greatly. I believe this could be the very reason of the language becoming extinct due to they have had longer contact with Americans and they have been borrowing words for decades now. Overall, I would consider this language endangered, but maybe not all
I. Introduction
As human beings we communicate in some form weather its using our mouths, sounds, motions, clicking sounds, etc. Either way we communicate to build relationships or to simply get a task done. There are roughly about 7,000 different languages spoken around the world and changes yearly (BBC). All different and from various regions of the world all have one thing in common and that is grammatical structure.
A. Background Information
First, thing about writing about a certain topic is background information. It is necessary for both the reader and writer to understand a little of what they are learning. So the language I chose was Ponapean which is spoken on the island of Ponape also known as Ascension Island. …show more content…
Also, the language could become endangered because the original language is being replaced with another like English or maybe another dialect. With that being established there are currently 29,000 people who speak Pohnpeian and majority of them all live on the island or on neighbor islands. While I couldn’t necessarily pinpoint a specific reason on the endangerment of this language. I did find it interesting that the Pohnpeian language has borrowed many words from other nationalities around the world. The island was sited in 1595 by Spanish explorer, Pedro Fernandez Quiros, but officially documented and named by Russian Captain Frederic Lutke in 1828. It is documented that the Pohnpeian language has borrowed words from German, English, and Japanese Language. Out of all those 3 English has influenced the people of Pohnpeian greatly. I believe this could be the very reason of the language becoming extinct due to they have had longer contact with Americans and they have been borrowing words for decades now. Overall, I would consider this language endangered, but maybe not all