Emem language

Emem
	Emumu
Native to	Indonesia
Region	New Guinea
Native speakers	2,000 (2005)[1]
Language family	Pauwasi East Pauwasi Emem–Karkar Emem; ; ;
Dialects	North Emem; South Emem;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	enr
Glottolog	emum1240
ELP	Emumu[2]

Emem, or Emumu, is an Eastern Pauwasi language of West New Guinea. 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.[3][4]

References

Emem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Endangered Languages Project data for Emumu.
Lee, Myung-Young. 2006. Laporan survei pada bahasa Emem di Papua, Indonesia. SIL International.
Lebold, Randy and Myung-Young Lee. 2016. Survey Report on the Emem Language of Papua, Indonesia. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2016-008.

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[e18-1] Emem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[ELP1-2] Endangered Languages Project data for Emumu.

[3] Lee, Myung-Young. 2006. Laporan survei pada bahasa Emem di Papua, Indonesia. SIL International.

[4] Lebold, Randy and Myung-Young Lee. 2016. Survey Report on the Emem Language of Papua, Indonesia. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2016-008.