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]

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