Editing Udon (section)

=== Palau ===
There is a dish called ''udong'' in [[Palau]], originated from the former Japanese administration.<ref name="Imamura2017">{{Cite journal|title=The Changes in the Use of Japanese Loanwords in Palauan|journal=Journal of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Tokyo Medical and Dental University|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kyoyobukiyo/47/0/47_17/_article/-char/en|last=Imamura<!--今村-->|first=Keisuke<!--圭介-->|volume=47|doi=10.11480/kyoyobukiyo.47.0_17|year=2017|publication-place=Japan|pages=17, 22|language=ja|quote=(rough translation) Chapter 5.6 Foods: ... うどん ''udong'' ... is used by almost all informants.}}</ref> The broth is soy sauce–based like Japanese udon. However, as there were many immigrants from [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], it uses less broth like [[Okinawa soba]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021|reason=Relationship is not obvious}} Most notably, the noodle is that of [[spaghetti]],<ref name="TVTokyo20121124">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/coordinate/backnumber/121124.html|title=Kaigai ikunara kōdenēto – Parao|date=2012-11-24|access-date=2021-07-12|website=[[TV Tokyo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825131733/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/coordinate/backnumber/121124.html|archive-date=2017-08-25|url-status=live|at=裏スポット【第4位】ロックアイランドカフェ（おもしろ日本食）(Interesting places ranking number 4 – strange Japanese foods)|language=ja|script-title=ja:海外行くならこーでねーと! – パラオ|trans-title=(TV show) What sightseeing organizers recommend – Palau (aired on November 24th, 2012)|quote=(rough translation) ''Palau udon'' actually uses spaghetti instead of udon}}</ref> as it is easier to acquire there.

Languages of the neighboring [[Federated States of Micronesia]] also have similar [[loanword]]s from Japanese udon; [[Chuukese language|Chuukese]]: {{lang|chk|wutong}},<ref name="Sanada1998">{{Cite journal|title=Characteristics of Japanese Loanword Vocabulary in Micronesian Languages (The Remnants of Japanese in Micronesia)|journal=Memoirs of the Faculty of Letters Osaka University|url=https://ir.library.osaka-u.ac.jp/repo/ouka/all/5777/?lang=1&mode=0&opkey=R162599177381995&idx=1&codeno=|last=Sanada<!--真田-->|first=Shinji<!--信治-->|volume=38|pages=63–94 |publication-date=1998-03-25|language=en|issn=0472-1373|hdl=11094/5777|hdl-access=free}}</ref>{{Rp|74}} [[Pohnpeian language|Pohnpeian]]: {{lang|pon|udong}},{{r|"Sanada1998"|page=77}} [[Kosraean language|Kosraean]]: {{lang|kos|utong}},{{r|"Sanada1998"|page=87}} and {{langx|yap|qudoong}}.<ref name="Jensen2017_qudoong">{{Cite web|url=https://www.trussel2.com/yap/yap-q.htm|title=qudoong|date=2017-01-07|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Yapese Dictionary|last=Jensen|first=John T.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716174154/https://www.trussel2.com/yap/yap-q.htm#qudoong|archive-date=2021-07-16|url-status=bot: unknown|orig-year=1977|language=en}}</ref>