Dem language

Dem
Lem
Region	Papua
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1987)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Dem
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	demm1245
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.