Saam language

Saam
Native to	Nepal
Region	Mechi Zone
Ethnicity	Rai people
Native speakers	530 (2011 census)^[1] (400 Saam, 130 Lingkhim)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Mahakiranti ? Kiranti Central Rai Saam
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).

Dobhane and Khatamma (Khartangma) VDC's, northern Bhojpur District, Kosi Zone; straddling the Irkhuwa River, in Dangmaya, Okharbote, Khartangma, and Dobhane settlements between the Phedi River and Irkhuwa River
Phikkal VDC, Ilam District, Mechi Zone

References

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

Kiranti languages

Western "Pro-"	Thulung (Pro-cü) Wambule (Raɗu/Raᶑu) Jerung (Raru) Khaling (R/Daːdu) Dumi (Roʔdu) Koi Bahing (Proː-ca) Sunwar Vayu Tilung

Central "Ro-"	Kulung (Rodu) Nachhiring Sampang (Rodung) Saam Bantawa Puma Chamling (Rodong) Dungmali

Eastern "Yak-"	Yakkha (Yakkha-ba/Rakdong) Lumba-Yakkha Lambichhong Belhare Athpare Chintang Chulung Yamphu Lohorung Mewahang Waling? Limbu (Yakthung-ba)

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