Kaniet language
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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.[1]
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Kaniet | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Kaniet and western Anchorite island groups, Manus Province |
Extinct | 1950 |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ktk |
Glottolog | anch1239 |
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Two languages were spoken on the islands, one reported by Thilenius and one by Dempwolff.[2]