Table 15. Languages Spoken by Municipality, Kosrae: 2000
  Total Lelu Malem Utwe Tafunsak
First Language
     Total 7,046 2,378 1,447 973 2,248
English 1 0 0 0 1
Yapese 12 3 0 1 8
Yap Outer Islands 2 0 0 0 2
Chuukese 43 6 1 1 35
Mortlockese 4 2 0 0 2
Pohnpeian 60 26 5 3 26
Mokilese/Pingelapese 9 4 1 1 3
Nukuoroan/Kapinga 11 0 0 0 11
Kosraean 6,646 2,154 1,415 963 2,114
Carolinian/Chamoor 1 1 0 0 0
Other Pacific 44 18 12 1 13
Hawaiian 0 0 0 0 0
European 167 134 10 2 21
Filipino 29 20 3 1 5
Japanese 11 9 0 0 2
Korean 5 0 0 0 5
Chinese/Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0
Other Asian 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 1 1 0 0 0
Second Language
Total 4,491 1,536 1,068 460 1,427
English 1 1 0 0 0
Yapese 11 2 7 0 2
Yap Outer Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Chuukese 24 10 3 0 11
Mortlockese 11 7 0 0 4
Pohnpeian 245 88 58 36 63
Mokilese/Pingelapese 35 3 4 14 14
Nukuoroan/Kapinga 2 0 0 0 2
Kosraean 220 131 15 6 68
Carolinian/Chamoor 1 0 1 0 0
Other Pacific 109 36 22 12 39
Hawaiian 1 1 0 0 0
European 3,746 1,220 942 373 1,211
Filipino 4 1 1 0 2
Japanese 78 35 13 19 11
Korean 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese/Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0
Other Asian 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 3 1 2 0 0
Third language
Total 902 374 234 98 196
English 2 1 0 0 1
Yapese 3 1 1 0 1
Chuukese 14 7 5 1 1
Mortlockese 6 6 0 0 0
Pohnpeian 335 105 108 53 69
Mokilese/Pingelapese 18 2 11 0 5
Kosraean 76 58 4 2 12
Carolinian/Chamoor 6 2 3 0 1
Other Pacific 130 69 24 10 27
European 254 95 65 26 68
Filipino 2 0 2 0 0
Japanese 54 27 11 6 10
Korean 1 0 0 0 1
Other languages 1 1 0 0 0
Source: 2000 Federated States of Micronesia Population and Housing Census