Emem language

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.

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

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.