Sakam | |
Also Known As: | Kutong |
States: | Papua New Guinea |
Region: | Morobe Province |
Speakers: | 1,000 |
Date: | 2011 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
Fam2: | Finisterre–Huon |
Fam3: | Finisterre |
Fam4: | Uruwa |
Iso3: | skm |
Glotto: | saka1292 |
Glottorefname: | Sakam |
Sakam, or Kutong, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. It is the most divergent of its cluster, the Uruwa languages. It is spoken in Kamdaran, Makwa (-6.1802°N 146.6562°W), Sakam (-6.1529°N 146.6775°W), and Tamunat villages of Dinangat ward, Yus Rural LLG, Morobe Province.[1]