Seimat
Seimat is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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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.
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Words in Seimat
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | wawan | |
| woman | hehin | |
| person | seilon* | |
| name | axa* | |
| eye | pula* | |
| ear | taxiNa* | |
| nose | ixu* | |
| tooth | nisu* | |
| tongue | leho* | |
| hand | mina* | |
| blood | kaka* | |
| bone | kui* | |
| skin | uli* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | kan | |
| fire | ah* | |
| star | kohot* | |
| stone | hat* | |
| leaf | kaypata* | |
| night | poN* | |
| dog | sinen* | |
| fish | xixi* | |
| louse | lil* | |
| one | tehu* | |
| two | huohu* | |
| I | Na* | |
| you | o* | |
| we | kako* | |
| drink | un* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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