Samo, also known as Daba, Nomad, and Supei, is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River in Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It has switch-reference marking for the subject of a clause.
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Region | New Guinea |
Native speakers | 900 (2001)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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ISO 639-3 | smq |
Glottolog | samo1303 |
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