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Kutong language

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, Sakam, and Tamunat villages of Dinangat ward, Yus Rural LLG, Morobe Province.

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Sakam
Kutong
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province
Native speakers
1,000 (2011)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3skm
Glottologsaka1292

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°10′49″S 146°39′22″E / 6.180159°S 146.656241°E / -6.180159; 146.656241 (Makua)), Sakam (6°09′10″S 146°40′39″E / 6.152909°S 146.677453°E / -6.152909; 146.677453 (Sakam)), and Tamunat villages of Dinangat ward, Yus Rural LLG, Morobe Province.12

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  1. Sakam at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.