Kaniet_language

Kaniet language

Kaniet language

Language

The Kaniet languages were two of four Western Admiralty Islands languages, a subgroup of the Admiralty Islands languages, the other two being Wuvulu-Aua and Seimat. The languages were spoken on the Kaniet Islands (Anchorite Islands) in western Manus Province of Papua New Guinea until the 1950s.[1]

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Two languages were spoken on the islands, one reported by Thilenius and one by Dempwolff.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Kaniet". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  2. [2]
    Dunn, Michael; Reesink, Ger (2012). "Systematic Typological Comparison as a Tool for Investigating Language History". In Evans, Nicholas; Klamer, Marian (eds.). Melanesian Languages on the Edge of Asia: Challenges for the 21st Century. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 34–71. hdl:10125/4560. ISBN 978-0-9856211-2-4.


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