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{{Infobox language
|name=Saam
|region=Mechi Zone
|states=Nepal
|ethnicity=Kirati
|speakers=530
|date=2011 census
|ref=e18
|speakers2=(400 Saam, 130 Lingkhim)
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=Mahakiranti ?
|fam3=Kiranti
|fam4=Central
|dia1=Bungla
|dia2=Lingkhim
|dia3=Sambya
|iso3=raq
|glotto=saam1282
|glottorefname=Saam
}}Saam, Saama Kha, is a nearly extinct Kiranti language spoken in Nepal. The name Saam is ambiguous, and shared with neighboring languages. Chukwa may be Saam if it is not Kulung. Geographical distributionSaam is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue). - Dobhane and Khatamma (Khartangma) VDC's, northern Bhojpur District, Kosi Zone; straddling the Irkhuwa River, in Dangmaya, Okharbote, Khartangma, and Dobhane settlements between the Phedi River and Irkhuwa River
- Phikkal VDC, Ilam District, Mechi Zone
References{{Kiranti languages}} 3 : Kiranti languages|Languages of Nepal|Endangered Sino-Tibetan languages |