Kutong language

Sakam, or Kutong, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. It is the most divergent of its cluster, the Uruwa languages. It is spoken in Kamdaran, Makwa (6.180159°S 146.656241°E / -6.180159; 146.656241 (Makua)), Sakam (6.152909°S 146.677453°E / -6.152909; 146.677453 (Sakam)), and Tamunat villages of Dinangat ward, Yus Rural LLG, Morobe Province.[2][3]

Sakam
Kutong
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province
Native speakers
1,300 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3skm
Glottologsaka1292

References
  1. Sakam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.


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