Language of West New Guinea
Emem | |
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Emumu | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Papua |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2005)[1] |
Pauwasi
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Dialects |
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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
[edit]It is spoken in 5 villages in Web Subdistrict, namely Yuruf, Umuaf, Yambraf Satu, Yambraf Dua, and Semografi villages.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Emem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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.