Sam
Sam is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Sam, or Songum, is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
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.
'Sam' is the word for 'language'. 'Songum' is a village name.
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Words in Sam
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | suma* | |
| name | do5am* | |
| eye | 5amge* | |
| ear | damoi* | |
| nose | mandiNini* | |
| tooth | 7alag* | |
| tongue | men* | |
| hand | barge* | |
| blood | ker* | |
| bone | Nisili* | |
| skin | 7o* | |
| knee | kwegor* | |
| breast | walge* | |
| liver | horhor* | |
| water | yag* | |
| fire | bala* | |
| sun | seN* | |
| star | benaNgar* | |
| stone | duma* | |
| mountain | tombu* | |
| tree | wam* | |
| leaf | moi* | |
| night | kolu* | |
| dog | saN* | |
| fish | 7umam* | |
| louse | manag* | |
| one | kuje* | |
| two | lilu* | |
| I | sa* | |
| you | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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