| Hermit | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Hermit, Luf and Maron Islands, western Manus Province |
| Extinct | Early 1990s [1] |
| 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 [2] | |
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 It has been replaced by Seimat.
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