Ngatikese language

Not to be confused with Ngatikese Men's Creole.

Ngatikese, or Sapwuahfik, is a Micronesian language originating on Sapwuahfik atoll, Federated States of Micronesia.^[2] Of the 700 Ngatikese speakers, only about 450 live on Sapwuahfik.^[1] It was previously considered a distinct dialect of Pohnpeian, but was later reclassified as the two proved to be only partially mutually intelligible. It is currently considered vulnerable, as many of its speakers have gradually shifted to Pohnpeian.^[1]

Ngatikese
Sapwuahfik
Native to	Micronesia
Region	Sapwuahfik
Native speakers	ca. 700 (2014)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Micronesian Nuclear Micronesian Chuukic–Pohnpeic Pohnpeic Ngatikese
Writing system	Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(covered by Pohnpeian)
Glottolog	sapw1237
ELP	Ngatikese

Ngatikese has a men's register.^[3]