| Seimat | |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Ninigo and Anchorite island groups, Manus Province |
| Speakers: | 1,000 |
| Date: | 1992 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Admiralty Islands |
| Fam5: | Western Admiralty Islands |
| Iso3: | ssg |
| Glotto: | seim1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Seimat |
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.[1] It has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.[1]
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Stop | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ |
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |