Sam language

Sam
Songum
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
700 (2003)
Language codes
ISO 639-3snx
Glottologsamm1244

Sam, or Songum, is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

It is spoken in Songum (5°30′28″S 145°51′04″E / 5.50779°S 145.851042°E / -5.50779; 145.851042 (Songum)), Buan, and Wongbe villages in Astrolabe Bay Rural LLG.

'Sam' is the word for 'language'. 'Songum' is a village name.