Saam > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Saam
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Rai; Saam Rai; Samakha; Saama Kha; Jindā
Spoken in:
Nepal
Number of speakers:
23 (2001 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
23
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
23
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
raq
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup:
Eastern; Bontawa Unit; Eastern Kiranti (ekir)
Child Dialects:
Bungla (raq-bun)
Sambya (raq-sam)
Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
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