Region Papua New Guinea ISO 639-3 aob | Native speakers 15 (2002) Glottolog abom1238 | |
Language family Trans–New Guinea
Tirio
Abom | ||
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 appears to be the most divergent Tirio language. Its lexical similarity with other Tirio languages is 14% with Bitur, 12% with Baramu, 11% with Makayam, and 9% with Were.
All of the speakers are older adults. Middle-aged adults have some understanding of it, but no children speak or understand Abom.
References
Abom language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA