OLAC resources in and about the Sam language

ISO 639-3: snx

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Songum

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Primary texts

1. ONLINEReport on Arthur Capell Estate by Peter Newton. Peter Newton. 1995. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-000
2. ONLINEPNG languages. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (recorder). 1950. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-423

Lexical resources

1. ONLINESam Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_snx_swadesh-1
2. ONLINEtransnewguinea.org Resources for Sam. Simon J. Greenhill (editor). 2025. transnewguinea.org (transnewguinea.org). oai:transnewguinea.org:snx.1020
3. ONLINEtransnewguinea.org Resources for Sam. Simon J. Greenhill (editor). 2025. transnewguinea.org (transnewguinea.org). oai:transnewguinea.org:snx.1021
4. ONLINEtransnewguinea.org Resources for Sam. Simon J. Greenhill (editor). 2025. transnewguinea.org (transnewguinea.org). oai:transnewguinea.org:snx.1022
5. ONLINEtransnewguinea.org Resources for Sam. Simon J. Greenhill (editor). 2025. transnewguinea.org (transnewguinea.org). oai:transnewguinea.org:snx.781

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEPhonological descriptions of PNG languages. Parker, Stephen G. (Stephen George), 1958-; Summer Institute of Linguistics. Papua New Guinea Branch. 2005. Data papers on Papua New Guinea languages ; v. 47. oai:gial.edu:28734
2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Sam. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:samm1244

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINESam: a language of Papua New Guinea. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:snx
2. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Sam. Damir Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2017-09-27. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_snx
3. ONLINEThe sociolinguistic situation of the Sam people. Rueck, Michael J.; Jore, Tim. 2003. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9218
4. Phonological descriptions of Papua New Guinea languages. Parker, Steve (editor). 2005. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:23688
5. ONLINESam (Songum, Songumsam) language [Madang province]. Troolin, Dave; Troolin, Sarah. 2005. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:23720
6. Navigating contested terrain: Vernacular education in a Papua New Guinean village. Troolin, Dave. 2013. SIL International. oai:sil.org:58389
7. ONLINEWanbel: Conflict, Reconciliation and Personhood among the Sam People, Madang Province. Troolin, Dave. 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:78907

Other known names and dialect names: Songum

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