Emem, or Emumu, is an Eastern Pauwasi language in

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. 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

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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 {{papuan-lang-stub