Seimat language

Seimat
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionNinigo and Anchorite island groups, Manus Province
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1992)[1]
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.[2] It has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.[2]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental/
Alveolar 		Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop p t̪ 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

[3]

References

  1. ^ Seimat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b "Seimat". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  3. ^ Wozna & Wilson 2005.

Further reading

  • Wozna, B.; Wilson, T. (2005), Seimat Grammar Essentials (PDF), Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, volume 48, Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Summer Institute of Linguistics


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