Seimat language (original) (raw)

• (Top)
• 1 Phonology
  • 1.1 Consonants
  • 1.2 Vowels
• 2 References
• 3 Further reading
• 4 External links

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Western Admiralty Islands language

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]

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

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

[3]

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

• 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
• Kaipuleohone has recordings and written materials for Seimat