Likum language

Likum
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region westernmost Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers
80 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lib
Glottolog liku1243[2]

The Likum language is a West Manus language spoken by approximately 80 people in western Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.[3] Its speakers also use Nyindrou.[3] Likum is classified as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[4] It has SVO word order.[3]

References

  1. Likum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Likum". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. 1 2 3 Ethnologue report for Likum
  4. UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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