Emem language
Language of West New Guinea
| Emem | |
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| Emumu | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Papua |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2005)[1] |
Language family | Pauwasi
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | enr |
| Glottolog | emum1240 |
| ELP | Emumu |
Emem, or Emumu, is an Eastern Pauwasi language in Keerom Regency, Papua Province. It has only 25% lexical similarity with Zorop, the most distinct Eastern Pauwasi language.
North Emem and South Emem are quite distinct. North Emem is transitional into Zorop, and South Emem into Karkar.
Distribution
It is spoken in 5 villages in Web Subdistrict, namely Yuruf, Umuaf, Yambraf Satu, Yambraf Dua, and Semografi villages.[2][3]
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