Emem, or Emumu, is an
Eastern Pauwasi language of
West New Guinea
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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
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