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Likum
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	westernmost Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers	(80 cited 2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Manus West Manus Likum
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lib
Glottolog	liku1243
ELP	Likum
Likum is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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

References

1. ^ Likum at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collections include written and audio materials Likum

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