Dem language

Dem
Dem
Lem
Region	Papua
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1987)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Dem;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dem
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.

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

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[e17-1] Dem at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

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