Emem language

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

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.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Emem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ 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)

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

[3] 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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