Dem language

Dem
Lem, Ndem
Spoken in	Papua
Native speakers	1000  (1987)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Dem
Language codes
ISO 639-3	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. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.