Abom language
| Abom | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 15 (2002)[1] |
| 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)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Abom". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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 Unpublished Manuscript.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.
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