Social:Seimat language
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Short description: Western Admiralty Islands language
| 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] |
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 subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.[3]
Phonology
Consonants
Labial Dental/
AlveolarVelar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ Stop p t̪ k Fricative s x h Lateral l Approximant w
Vowels
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. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/seim1238.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Seimat". https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ssg.
- ↑ Wozna & Wilson 2005.
Further reading
- Wozna, B.; Wilson, T. (2005), Seimat Grammar Essentials, Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, volume 48, Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Summer Institute of Linguistics, https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/10/21/45/102145244530814067244721596549887259353/Seimat_Grammar_Essentials.pdf
External links
- Kaipuleohone has recordings and written materials for Seimat
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