Sam language

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

Sam
Songum
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
780 (2000 census)[1]
Trans–New Guinea?
Language codes
ISO 639-3snx
Glottologsamm1244[2]

It is spoken in Songum (5.50779°S 145.851042°E / -5.50779; 145.851042 (Songum)), Buan, and Wongbe villages in Astrolabe Bay Rural LLG.[3][4]

'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
gollark: Odd that kilogram is one of the base units and not gram, though.
gollark: !unitpedia furlong
gollark: It's one of the SI base units, even.
gollark: I think it is.
gollark: I mean, Felsius is okay too.

References

  1. Sam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sam". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. 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.
  4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.


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