Hermit language

Hermit
Hermit
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Hermit, Luf and Maron Islands, western Manus Province
Extinct	Early 1990s
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Manus West Manus Hermit; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3	llf
Glottolog	herm1237
	Hermit is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger .

Last updated October 31, 2025

The Hermit language is a critically endangered West Manus language formerly spoken on Hermit, Luf and Maron Islands in western Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. It has been replaced by Seimat.

References

↑ Hermit at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 55.

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[e25-1] Hermit at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 55.

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