Pom language explained

Pom
States:Indonesia
Region:Miosnum Island,
Cenderawasih Bay
Speakers:2,000
Date:1987
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Fam4:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Fam5:South Halmahera–West New Guinea
Fam6:Cenderawasih Bay
Fam7:Yapen
Fam8:Central–Western
Iso3:pmo
Glotto:pomm1237
Glottorefname:Pom

Pom is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Miosnum Island in Cenderawasih Bay west of Serui Island, in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia. It has around 2000 speakers. This wordlist was recorded by Emily Gasser with Pom speakers Yanselt Borotabui, Spenyei Awendu, Frengky Mantundoi, Frence Kapitaray, and Memase Kadwaru on the Unipa campus in Manokwari in June/July 2016.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About the Pom Dictionary . 2023-03-16 . talkingdictionary.swarthmore.edu.