Likum language

Likum
Likum
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	westernmost Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers	80 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Manus West Manus Likum; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lib
Glottolog	liku1243
ELP	Likum

The Likum language is a West Manus language spoken by approximately 80 people in western Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.^[2] Its speakers also use Nyindrou.^[2] Likum is classified as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.^[3] It has SVO word order.^[2]

References[]

^ Likum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ethnologue report for Likum
^ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

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[e18-1] Likum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Ethnologue-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ethnologue report for Likum

[3] UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

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