Dem language

Dem (Lem, Ndem) is a divergent Papuan language of West New Guinea. Although Palmer (2018) leaves it unclassified,[3] it was tentatively included in the Trans–New Guinea family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005), and Timothy Usher ties it most closely to Amung.[4]

Dem
Lem
Region	Papua: Western highlands along Rouffaer River headwaters
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea West Papuan Highlands (Irian Highlands) Amung–Dem Dem
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dem
Glottolog	demm1245[2]
Map: The Dem language of New Guinea   The Dem language   Other Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

The only pronouns which have been recorded are 1sg nau, 2sg aŋ, and 1pl yu.

References

1. Dem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Dem". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Palmer, Bill (2018). "Language families of the New Guinea Area". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 1–20. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
4. NewGuineaWorld

• 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.