Seimat language

E655625

The Seimat language is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken primarily on Seimat Island in the western Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Seimat language canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
family Austronesian languages ⓘ
glottologCode seim1238 ⓘ
glottologName Seimat ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language ⓘ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Proto-Oceanic language ⓘ
hasNeighbouringLanguage Manus languages ⓘ
Wuvulu-Aua language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported for related Admiralty languages) ⓘ
iso639-3 ssg ⓘ
isPartOf Papua New Guinea linguistic area ⓘ
languageBranch Admiralty Islands languages ⓘ
languageFamilyDivision Admiralty Islands subgroup of Oceanic ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
region Manus Province ⓘ
Seimat Island ⓘ
western Admiralty Islands ⓘ
spokenIn Seimat Island ⓘ
nearby islands in western Admiralty Islands ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
subfamilyOf Admiralty Islands languages ⓘ
Western Admiralty Islands languages ⓘ
subgroup Oceanic languages ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Admiralty Islands languages → hasMember → Seimat language ⓘ
Manus people → traditionalLanguage → Seimat language ⓘ
Wuvulu-Aua language → neighboringLanguage → Seimat language ⓘ
Admiralty linkage → hasMember → Seimat language ⓘ