# Losap

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{{Short description|Island in Chuuk State, Federal States of Micronesia}}
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'''Losap''' is an atoll located in the Eastern Islands or [Upper Mortlock Islands](/source/Upper_Mortlock_Islands) group in the outer islands region of the [state of Chuuk](/source/Chuuk_State) in the [Federated States of Micronesia](/source/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](/source/Chuukese_language) words; their accent is different from the [Chuuk Lagoon](/source/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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