The Kaniet languages were two of four
Western Admiralty Islands languages
The Admiralty Islands languages are a group of some thirty Oceanic languages spoken on the Admiralty Islands
The Admiralty Islands are an archipelago group of 18 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South ...
, a subgroup of the
Admiralty Islands languages
The Admiralty Islands languages are a group of some thirty Oceanic languages spoken on the Admiralty Islands
The Admiralty Islands are an archipelago group of 18 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South ...
, the other two being
Wuvulu-Aua and
Seimat. The languages were spoken on the
Kaniet Islands
The Kaniet Islands are the easternmost group islands within the Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. It consists four islands and one islet. Their coordinates are , located north-east of the Hermit Islands. Sae Island is ...
(Anchorite Islands) in western
Manus Province
Manus Province is the smallest province in Papua New Guinea in terms of both land area and population, with a land area of , but with more than of water, and the total population is 60,485 (2011 census). The provincial town of Manus is Lorengau.
...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
until the 1950s.
[Ethnologue report for Kaniet]
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Two languages were spoken on the islands, one reported by Thilenius and one by Dempwolff.
References
Admiralty Islands languages
Languages of Manus Province
Extinct languages of Oceania
Languages extinct in the 1950s
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