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The Rai Coast languages are a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea.
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Sam, or Songum, is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Bongu is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
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- ↑ Anamgura at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ "Language: Anamgura | Languages of Papua New Guinea". pnglanguages.sil.org. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ↑ Ingram, Andrew (1 January 2001). Anamuxra : a language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (PDF). Sydney: Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney. pp. 31–32.
