Seimat language
The Seimat language is one of three Western Admiralty Islands languages, the other two being Wuvulu-Aua and the extinct Kaniet. The language is spoken by approximately 1000 people on the Ninigo and the Anchorite Islands in western Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.[3] It has SVO word order.[3]
| Seimat | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Ninigo and Anchorite island groups, Manus Province |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1992)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ssg |
| Glottolog | seim1238[2] |
References
- Seimat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Seimat". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Ethnologue report for Seimat
External links
- Kaipuleohone has recordings and written materials for Seimat
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