Editing Demographics of Nauru (section)

== Languages ==
The [[Nauruan language]] is the official language of Nauru.<ref>{{Cite web |last=cia.gov |date=3 April 2024 |title=Nauru - the World Economic Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nauru/ |access-date=6 April 2024}}</ref> English is widely understood and is used for most government and commercial purposes,<ref name="factbook">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nauru/ |title=Nauru |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |work=[[The World Factbook]] |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref> and is official.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/Links/LEGISLATIVE-DRAFTING%20MANUAL-Nauru.pdf|title=REPUBLIC OF NAURU Revenue Administration Act – Act No. 15 of 2014|access-date=28 January 2023|quote=All Bills are to be drafted in English, the official language of Nauru.}}</ref> According to the 2011 census, 95.3% of the population speaks Nauruan, 66.0% speak English, and 11.9% speak another language.<ref name="2011cen" /> Nauruan is an [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] language, however, no adequate written grammar of the language has been compiled, and its relationships to other [[Micronesian languages]] are not well understood.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last=Foster | first=Sophie | date=18 November 2013 | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/406671/Nauru#ref513887 | title=Nauru | page=1 | encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref>