Abom language
| Abom | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 15 (2002)[1] |
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Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
aob |
| Glottolog |
abom1238[2] |
 Map: The Abom language of New Guinea
The Abom language (located bottom center, to the west of the gulf)
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
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 was once classified as a divergent Tirio language, but it turns out not only to not be Tirio, but to not belong to the Anim languages that Tirio is a branch of.
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, eds. (2017). "Abom". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: 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 Unpublished Manuscript.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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