- Abom
Infobox Language
name=Abom
region=Papua New Guinea
speakers=15 (2002 census)
iso3=aob
fam1=Trans-New Guinea
fam2=Trans-Fly-Bulaka
fam3=Trans-Fly
fam4=Tirio 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.It has a lexical similarity of 14% with
Bitur , 12% withBaramu , 11% withMakayam , 9% with Were, and 4% with Idi andAgob .All of the speakers are older adults. Middle-aged adults have some understanding of it, but no children speak or understand Abom.
Bibliography
*"Sociolinguistic survey of the Tirio language family", Tim Jore and Laura Aleman. Unpublished Manuscript.
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aob Ethnologue report on language code:aob]
*http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/endangered/Abom.pdf
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