Social:Likum language

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Short description: West Manus language of Papua New Guinea
Likum
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regionwesternmost Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers
(80 cited 2000)e25
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Admiralty Islands
        • Eastern Admiralty Islands
          • Manus
            • West Manus
              • Likum
Language codes
ISO 639-3lib
Glottologliku1243[1]
Lang Status 60-DE.svg
Likum is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Likum language is a West Manus language spoken by approximately 80 people in western Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.[2] Its speakers also use Nyindrou.[2] Likum is classified as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[3] It has SVO word order.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Likum". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/liku1243. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named e25
  3. ↑ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

External links

  • Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collections include written and audio materials Likum




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