Abom language

Abom
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	15 (2002)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Tirio Abom
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`aob`
Glottolog	`abom1238`^[2]

Abom is a nearly extinct language spoken in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. According to a 2002 census, only 15 people still speak this language, all elderly.

It appears to be the most divergent Tirio language. Its lexical similarity with other Tirio languages is 14% with Bitur, 12% with Baramu, 11% with Makayam, and 9% with Were.

All of the speakers are older adults. Middle-aged adults have some understanding of it, but no children speak or understand Abom.

References

↑ Abom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Abom". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Bibliography

"Sociolinguistic survey of the Tirio language family", Tim Jore and Laura Aleman. Unpublished Manuscript.
"Endangered languages listing: ABOM [aob]" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-05-06.

External links

OLAC resources in and about the Abom language