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Anem language

Anem (ISO 639-3 code anz) is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. It has about 843 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as endangered.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codeanz
Glottocodeanem1249
FamilyIsolate (no known relatives)
AreaPapunesia
CountriesPapua New Guinea
Speakers (estimate)843
EndangermentEndangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

More about Anem

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.