Losap

Losap

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Location of Losap Atoll in the Pacific Ocean

For LOSAP, see Length of service award program.

NASA picture of Losap Atoll

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 81 km (50 mi) to the SE of Chuuk.[1]

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

Pekias	Lukan	Sotiw
Lemok(Sota)	Angeru	Peichen/Leparas
Letou	Lechapetiw	Imwenikau
Fanmok		Tiela
Sitowa		Latulua
Fangeta		Uchukai
Malaio
Alingawa

References

1. "Oceandots - Losap". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2009-08-06.

External links

• Directory of the islands of Micronesia Archived 2021-01-19 at the Wayback Machine

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