Saam language

Saam
Native to Nepal
Region Mechi Zone
Ethnicity Rai people
Native speakers
530 (2011 census)[1]
(400 Saam, 130 Lingkhim)[1]
Dialects
Bungla
Lingkhim
Sambya
Language codes
ISO 639-3 raq
Glottolog saam1282[2]

Saam, also Saam Rai and Saama Kha, is a nearly extinct Kiranti language spoken in Nepal. The name Saam is ambiguous, and shared with neighboring languages.

Chukwa may be Saam if it is not Kulung.

Geographical distribution

Saam is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue).

References

  1. 1 2 Saam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Saam". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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