Admiralty Islands languages
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The Admiralty Islands languages are a group of some thirty Oceanic languages. They may include Yapese
, which has proven difficult to classify.
Yapese language
Yapese is a language spoken by the people on the island of Yap .It belongs to the Austronesian languages, more specifically to the Oceanic languages...
, which has proven difficult to classify.
Components
A 2008 analysis of eight Admiralty Islands languages in the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of the family, although Yapese was not included.- Eastern
- Manus languagesManus languagesThe family of Manus languages is a subgroup of the Eastern Admiralty Islands languages. It consists of 22 languages.-Languages:A 2008 analysis of four Manus languages in the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of the family...
(22) - Pak Tong
- Southeast: Baluan-Pam, Lenkau, LouLou LanguageLou is a Southeast Admiralty Islands language spoken on Lou Island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea by approximately 1000 people.-Grammar:Lou has thirteen consonants and seven vowels. It is an nominative–accusative language and has SVO word order....
, Nauna, Penchal
- Manus languages
- Western
- KanietKaniet languageThe Kaniet language was one of three Western Admiralty Islands languages, a subgroup of the Admiralty Islands languages, the other two being Wuvulu-Aua and Seimat. The language was spoken on the Kaniet Islands and the western Anchorite Islands in western Manus Province of Papua New Guinea until the...
(†) - SeimatSeimat languageThe 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 SVO word order....
- Wuvulu-AuaWuvulu-Aua languageThe Wuvulu-Aua language is one of three Western Admiralty Islands languages, the other two being Seimat and the extinct Kaniet. The language is spoken on Wuvulu and Aua Islands by approximately 1500 people in the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea....
- Kaniet
- ?YapeseYapese languageYapese is a language spoken by the people on the island of Yap .It belongs to the Austronesian languages, more specifically to the Oceanic languages...