Native to Papua New Guinea ISO 639-3 ktk | Extinct 1950 Glottolog anch1239 | |
Region Kaniet and western Anchorite island groups, Manus Province Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Admiralty Islands
Western Admiralty Islands
Kaniet | ||
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.
Two languages were spoken on the islands, one reported by Thilenius and one by Dempwolff.
References
Kaniet language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA