Seimat language
Seimat | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Ninigo and Anchorite island groups, Manus Province |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1992)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ssg |
Glottolog |
seim1238 [2] |
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]
References
- ↑ Seimat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Seimat". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 1 2 Ethnologue report for Seimat
External links
- Kaipuleohone has recordings and written materials for Seimat
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