Sam language

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Sam
Songum
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang Province
Native speakers
780 (2000 census) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 snx
Glottolog samm1244

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

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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. [2] [3]

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

Phonology

Consonants

BilabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosivep bt dk ɡʔ <x>
Nasalmnɲ <ɳ>ŋ
Trillr <rr>
Tap/flapɾ <r>
Fricativesh
Approximantj <y>
Lateral approx.l

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closeiu
Mideo
Opena

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References

  1. Sam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.