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 March 02, 2025

The Hermit language is an extinct 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 It has been replaced by Seimat.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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