Chamorro, or even Chamoru, is the native language utilized inside Guam and Northern Mariana Islands. Although a English language and Japanese language are commonplace on two Guam, & a Northern Marianas Islands, humans however have a Chamorro language. Chamorro is as well utilized around mainland United States by immigrants and a bit of of their descendent. Chamorro has the big Spanish vocabulary (approx 70% of word roots), but contrary to the popular review these are non the Spanish Creole: Chamorro very much utilizes its loan words around the Micronesian way (eg: bumobola "playing ball" from bola "ball, play ball" with infix -um- and reduplication of root). There are just about 50,000 speakers of Chamorro throughout a Marianas chain of islands, the majority of the children center Guam.

Chamorro's nighest linguistic relatives come discovered in the Philippines.

Alphabet
Note that a wye is pronounced other such as 'dz' when these are inside a few accent of Castilian Spanish. Note besides that The & Å are non distinguished around written Chamorro, each existence written when 'The'; nor come North & Ñ distinguished. So a Guamanian toponym Yona is pronounced 'dzo-nya', not 'yo-na' every bit can exist as potential.

Chamorro basic phrases

Håfa adai "Hello"

Håfa tatatmanu hao? "How are you?"

Hayi na'an-mu? "What is your name?"

Si Bruce yu' "I am Bruce"

Guåhan "Guam"