Dem language

Dem
Dem
Lem, Ndem
Region	Papua
Native speakers	1000 (in 1987)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Dem;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dem
ELP	Dem

Dem (Lem, Ndem) is a Trans–New Guinea language that forms an independent branch of that family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005).

References

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. doi:10.15144/PL-572. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.

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