Guam Languages

Description
The official languages of Guam are English and Chamorro. Filipino is also a common language across the island. Other Pacific island languages and many Asian languages are spoken in Guam as well. Spanish, the language of administration for 300 years, is no longer commonly spoken on the island, although vestiges of the language remain in proper names, loanwords, and place names and it is studied at university and high schools.

Languages spoken by the population as of 2010:
 * English 43.6%
 * Filipino 21.2%
 * Chamorro 17.8%
 * Other Pacific island languages 10%
 * Other Asian languages 6.3%
 * Other 1.1%

The Mariana Islands is an ethnic and cultural heritage of the Chamorro people. Despite the invasion attempts from leading military countries, such as Spain, The United States of America and Japan, the Chamorro people have maintained their traditions. The cultural endurance of the Chamorro people was evident, as the Indigenous peoples of the Mariana Islands maintained their language, tradition and integrity, in spite of the dominance of imperialism. While Guam has remained a colony in the postmodern world, the Chamorro people of Guam have gained an amount of local political control of the island traditions.

Word List(s)
Chamorro
 * Chamorro Words and Common Phrases at Chamoru
 * Chamorro Phrasebook at Wikitravel
 * Chamorro Days of the Week at Wikipedia
 * Chamorro Months at Wikipedia
 * Chamorro Basic Phrases at Wikipedia

Filipino
 * Filipino (Tagalog) Word List at Omniglot
 * Basic Filipino (Tagalog) Phrases at Tagaloglang

Spanish
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * Useful Spanish Phrases at Omniglot

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Chamorro Chamorro Alphabet at Wikipedia
 * Chamorro Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot
 * Chamorro Alphabet and Pronunciation at Wikipedia

Filipino
 * Filipino (Tagalog) Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot
 * Filipino Alphabet and Pronunciation at Wikipedia

Spanish
 * Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation at Wikipedia
 * Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Chamorro
 * Chamorro Dictionary at Chamoru
 * English - Chamorro Dictionary at Glosbe

Filipino
 * Filipino (Tagalog) Dictionary at Lexilogos
 * English - Filipino (Tagalog) Dictionary at Glosbe

Spanish
 * Spanish Handwriting Clarified
 * Spanish Letter Writing Guide
 * Spanish Dictionary at Lexilogos
 * English - Spanish Dictionary at Glosbe

Additional Resources

 * Learning Chamorro at LearningChamoru
 * Learning Filipino at Learn101
 * Learn Tagalog (Filipino) for Beginners at Glossika
 * Learning Spanish at Spanishdict
 * Goetzfridt, Nicholas J and Mark C Goniwiecha. Language Dictionaries and Grammars of Guam and Micronesia. Available at WorldCat
 * Safford, William Edwin. The Chamorro Language of Guam. Wiley on behalf of the American Anthropological Association. Available at JSTOR
 * Von Preissig, 	Edward Ritter and United States. Navy Department. Dictionary and grammar of the Chamorro language of the Island of Guam. 	Washington : G.P.O., 1918. Available at WorldCat