Endangered Languages Project - Som

Som

^{[aka Somm,]}

Classification: Trans-New Guinea

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Somm
CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		smc
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (S. Wurm 2000)

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Morobe Province

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~80
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1978, eighty-eight speakers were reported. Recent reports mention eighty.

MORE ON VITALITY

It is under pressure from large neighbouring languages, especially the related Wantoat, its western neighbour, and of Tok Pisin.

More on Orthography

No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Morobe Province. Spoken in the northern part of the western end of the Huon Peninsula, on the middle Som River, a tributary of the Uruwa River, east of the Wantoat settlement.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing