Alternate Names: Songum
Genealogy:
Demographics: 780 (2000 census).
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Speakers aged 5–45 use Tok Pisin [tpi] when speaking with outsiders; most also understand some of the neighboring languages.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Songum is a village name, ‘Sam’, language.