Endangered Languages Project - Saam

Saam

^{[aka Rai, Saam Rai, Samakha]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Rai, Saam Rai, Samakha, Saama Kha, Jindā
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Kiranti
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		raq
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Bungla Sambya
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Nepal

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2001 census.

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Nepal

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Language is critically endangered."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23
Native speakers worldwide

unknown
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The speaker number is small.

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "It seems likely that the language of the Sām would have undergone influence from Mewahang, the language of their immediate neighbours on the north and on the east, who also happen to be the most numerous group on the western bank of the upper Aruṇ valley east of the Sālpā watershed." (p.704)

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "in a territory which straddles both Saṅkhuvā Sabhā and Bhojpur districts along the Irkhuvā River, a western tributary of the Aruṇ." (p.704)

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing