Sam language

Sam
Songum
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	700 (2003) [1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Madang Mindjim Sam
Language codes
ISO 639-3	snx
Glottolog	samm1244

Sam, or Songum, is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

It is spoken in Songum ( 5°30′28″S145°51′04″E / 5.50779°S 145.851042°E / -5.50779; 145.851042 (Songum) ), Buan, and Wongbe villages in Astrolabe Bay Rural LLG. ^{[1] [2]}

'Sam' is the word for 'language'. 'Songum' is a village name.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d		k ɡ	ʔ <x>
Nasal	m	n	ɲ <ɳ>	ŋ
Trill		r <rr>
Tap/flap		ɾ <r>
Fricative		s			h
Approximant			j <y>
Lateral approx.		l

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

References

1. Sam at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.