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.
[Lebold, Randy and Myung-Young Lee. 2016. ]
Survey Report on the Emem Language of Papua, Indonesia
'. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2016-008.
References
East Pauwasi languages
Languages of western New Guinea
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