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Revision as of 23:09, 3 March 2015
| Dem | |
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| Lem | |
| Region | Papua |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dem |
| Glottolog | demm1245 |
| ELP | Dem |
 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 aŋ, and 1pl yu.
References
- ^ Dem at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.