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.
Names The alternate names for Seimat are Admiralitäts-inseln and Ninigo.
Phonology
Consonants {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! ! Labial ! Dental/Alveolar ! Velar !Glottal |- ! Nasal
! Stop
!Fricative
!Lateral
!Approximant
Vowels {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! ! Front !Central ! Back |- ! High
! Mid
! Low
Numbers Seimat has a quinary numeral system; numbers from one to five are unique, whereas most all other numbers are simply combinations of these. For example, numbers from six to nine are compounds based on five, combined with the words for one to four. Twenty is also a unique word, meaning "person"; it presumably refers to a full set of fingers and toes. +SeimatEnglishtehuonehũõhutwotoluhuthreehinalofourte-panim ()fivete-panim tehusixte-panim hũohusevente-panim toluhueightte-panim hinaloninehũõ-panim ()tenhũõ-panim tehuelevenhũõ-panim hũõhutwelvetolupa ()fifteentolupa tehusixteentolupa hũõhuseventeenseilon tel ()twentyseilon tel tehutwenty-oneseilon tel hũõhutwenty-twoseilon toluthirtyseilon hinalofortypatei telhundred
References
Further reading
External links Kaipuleohone has recordings and written materials for Seimat