{{Short description|Island in Chuuk State, Federal States of Micronesia}} {{Location map |Pacific Ocean |label=Losap |lon_dir=E |lat_dir=N |lat_deg=6|lat_min=53 |lon_deg=152|lon_min=42 |position=right |width=300 |float=right |mark=Cercle rouge 100%.svg |marksize=20 |caption=Location of Losap Atoll in the Pacific Ocean }}{{For|LOSAP|Length of service award program}}[[File:Losap Atoll ISS002.jpg|thumb|300px|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 {{Convert|81|km||abbr=on}} to the SE of Chuuk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/losap.php |title=Oceandots - Losap |accessdate=2009-08-06 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/losap.php |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }}</ref>

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. {{center|For example, these are the way some of the islands have different pronunciations or completely different words.}} {{center|'''Lagoon People''': ''sile'' '''Losap''': ''kile'' English: knowledge}} {{center|'''lagoon people''': ''oput'' '''Losap''': ''amwusak'' English: hate}} {{center|'''lagoon people''': ''emenimen'' '''Losap''': ''amelimel'' English: Smile}}

== Villages and groups==

{| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Pekias ! Lukan ! Sotiw ! Pesilim/Fesinim |- |Lemok(Sota) | Angeru | Peichen/Leparas | Malaio |- Losap | Letou | Lechapetiw | Imwenikau | Uchukai |- | Fanmok | | Tiela/Iluuk | |- | Sitowa | | Latulua | |- | Fangeta | | Linkul | |- |Alingawa | | | |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://islands.unep.ch/CLV.htm Directory of the islands of Micronesia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119210031/http://islands.unep.ch/CLV.htm |date=2021-01-19 }}

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Category:Islands of Chuuk State Category:Municipalities of Chuuk State Category:Atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia

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