Saam

Facts

  • Language: Saam
  • Alternate names: Rai, Saam Rai, Samakha, Saama Kha, Jindā
  • Language code: raq
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Himalayan, Kiranti, Eastern (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 23
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Unwritten.

More information:

    Almost no study or documentation has been done on the languages spoken in northern Bhojpur district. Other groups called Saam may be Kulung (See: [[Kulung]]) or Lingkhim (See: [[Lingkhim]]). Traditional religion.

    Saam is spoken in Nepal, South Asia.