Seimat language

Seimat
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionNinigo and Anchorite island groups, Manus Province
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1992)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ssg
Glottologseim1238

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. It has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop p k
Fricative s x h
Lateral l
Approximant w

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i ĩ u ũ
Mid ɛ ɛ̃ ɔ ɔ̃
Low a ã

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