Abom language
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| Abom | ||
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| Spoken in | Papua New Guinea | |
| Total speakers | 15 (2002 census) | |
| Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | – | |
| ISO 639-3 | aob | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
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.
[edit] Bibliography
- "Sociolinguistic survey of the Tirio language family", Tim Jore and Laura Aleman. Unpublished Manuscript.
- Ethnologue report on language code:aob
- http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/endangered/Abom.pdf
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