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| Kalam | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Middle Ramu District, Madang Province; Mount Hagen District, Western Highlands Province |
Native speakers | (15,000 cited 1991)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kmh |
| Glottolog | kala1397 |
Kalam is a Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. It is closely related to Kobon, and shares many of the features of that language. Kalam is spoken in Middle Ramu District of Madang Province and in Mount Hagen District of Western Highlands Province.[2]
Thanks to decades of studies by anthropologists such as Ralph Bulmer and others, Kalam is one of the best-studied Trans-New Guinea languages to date.
- ^ Kalam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.