Satawalese is a language spoken on the island of Satawal, located in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Smaller populations of speakers can also be found in Saipan, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and some parts of the United States.

According to a 1987 census, Satawalese is spoken by approximately 460 people however this number has grown, according to a count taken by researcher Kevin Roddy who reported for about 700 speakers in 2007.

Sister languages of Satawalese include Carolinian, Chuukese, Mapia, Mortlockese, Namonuito, Paafang, Puluwatese, Sonsorol, Tanapag, Tobian, Ulithian, and Woleaian.

/l/ is not included in the Satawalese phoneme inventory but is a part of similar languages close in proximity.

Maryafoato-kitinikiiweaanMary a foato-ki tinikii we aan“Mary wrote her letter.”Reduplication is available in the Satawalese language.

Awareness of the island has been a current enhancement to the language due to the contributions made of voyager Mau Piailug who was known to have been the first navigator aboard the ship of the infamous Hawaiian double-hulled canoe the Hokulea.

With this discovery, interest in the island including the people, culture, and language have been uprooted, meaning more linguistic studies can be done, possibly more resources can be added, and so on.

As stated before dictionaries and alphabet books have been created allowing the transmission of the language to occur between older and younger generations.