Losap


Losap is an atoll located in the Eastern Islands or Upper Mortlock Islands group in the outer islands region of the state of Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is located to the SE of Chuuk.
Losap is also the name of one of the four islands in the atoll. There are 3 villages in Losap: Pekias, Sotiw, and Lukan which also have groups in the villages.

Linguistics

The outer islands have different ways of saying Chuukese words; their accent is different from the Chuuk Lagoon people.
For example, these are the way some of the islands have different pronunciations or completely different words.

Lagoon People: sile Losap: kile English: knowledge

lagoon people: oput Losap: amwusak English: hate

lagoon people: emenimen Losap: amelimel English: Smile

Villages and groups

PekiasLukanSotiw
LemokAngeruPeichen/Leparas
LetouLechapetiwImwenikau
FanmokTiela
SitowaLatulua
FangetaUchukai
Malaio
Alingawa