Emem language

Emem
Emumu
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Papua
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

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]

References

1. Emem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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.