Native to Papua New Guinea ISO 639-3 lib | Native speakers 80 (2000) Glottolog liku1243 | |
Region westernmost Manus Island, Manus Province Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Admiralty Islands
Eastern Admiralty Islands
Manus
West Manus
Likum | ||
The Likum language is a West Manus language spoken by approximately 80 people in western Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. Its speakers also use Nyindrou. Likum is classified as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. It has SVO word order.
References
Likum language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA