Dem language

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Dem
Lem
Region Papua
Native speakers
unknown (1,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dem
Glottolog demm1245[2]
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Map: The Dem language of New Guinea
  The Dem language
  Other Trans–New Guinea languages
  Other Papuan languages
  Austronesian languages
  Uninhabited

Dem (Lem, Ndem) is a possible Trans–New Guinea language in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005). A small number of words connect it to other language families of the Irian Highlands, but they are not consistent correspondences, and it is not clear what they mean. The only pronouns which have been recorded are 1sg nau, 2sg , and 1pl yu.

References

  1. Dem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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