Nearly-extinct language spoken in Papua New Guinea
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Abom
Region
Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
3 (2018)[1]
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
Abom
Language codes
ISO 639-3
aob
Glottolog
abom1238
ELP
Abom
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 of the speakers are older adults. Middle-aged adults have some understanding of it, but no children speak or understand Abom.
Abom is spoken in Lewada (8°20′07″S142°46′50″E / 8.335225°S 142.780449°E / -8.335225; 142.780449 (Lewada)), Mutam (8°25′30″S142°55′49″E / 8.424996°S 142.930364°E / -8.424996; 142.930364 (Mutam)), and Tewara (8°22′27″S142°27′23″E / 8.374194°S 142.45638°E / -8.374194; 142.45638 (Dewala)) villages of Gogodala Rural LLG.[1][2]
^ abAbom at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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