Sam language
Sam | |
---|---|
Songum | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 780 (2000 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
snx |
Glottolog |
samm1244 [2] |
Sam, or Songum, is a Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
'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
- ↑ Sam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Sam". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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