Hermit language
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Extinct West Manus language of Papua New Guinea
| Hermit | |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Hermit, Luf and Maron Islands, western Manus Province |
| Extinct | Early 1990s[1] |
| Unwritten | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | llf |
| Glottolog | herm1237 |
 Hermit is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [2] | |
The Hermit language is an extinct West Manus language formerly spoken on Hermit, Luf and Maron Islands in western Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. It has been replaced by Seimat.
References
[edit]- ^ Hermit at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 55.
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