Sam language
| Sam | |
|---|---|
| Songum | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 780 (2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
snx |
| Glottolog |
samm1244[2] |
Sam, or Songum, is a Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
'Sam' is the word for 'language'. 'Songum' is a village name.
References
- ↑ Sam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Sam". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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