The Seimat language is one of three Western Admiralty Islands languages, the other two being Wuvulu-Aua and the extinct Kaniet language. The language is spoken by approximately 1000 people on the Ninigo Islands and the Anchorite Islands in western Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.[
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Names
The alternate names for Seimat are Admiralitäts-inseln and Ninigo.
Phonology
Consonants
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Vowels
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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.| +
!Seimat
!English |
| tehu | one |
| hũõhu | two |
| toluhu | three |
| hinalo | four |
| te-panim () | five |
| te-panim tehu | six |
| te-panim hũohu | seven |
| te-panim toluhu | eight |
| te-panim hinalo | nine |
| hũõ-panim () | ten |
| hũõ-panim tehu | eleven |
| hũõ-panim hũõhu | twelve |
| tolupa () | fifteen |
| tolupa tehu | sixteen |
| tolupa hũõhu | seventeen |
| seilon tel () | twenty |
| seilon tel tehu | twenty-one |
| seilon tel hũõhu | twenty-two |
| seilon tolu | thirty |
| seilon hinalo | forty |
| patei tel | hundred |
Further reading
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