title: Dem language
text: # Dem language
  
  Dem (Lem, Ndem) is a divergent Papuan language of West New Guinea. Although Palmer (2018) leaves it unclassified, 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.
  
  The only pronouns which have been recorded are 1sg nau, 2sg aŋ, and 1pl yu.
  
  ## Vocabulary
  
  The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
  
      glossDem headyagabuak hairari; yakuli eyeeŋgio toothyavkasa legabuo lousenduu dogkwa piguwam; uwom birdbela eggau; onde bloodmiet skinaran; asi treeniye manŋo sunuweməja waterda; yat firekunu stone(da)ŋat namealuŋ; gago eatnenawe oneyagaŋ twougwaŋ
  