Sumuri language

Not to be confused with Sumerian language.
This article is about the "Tanah Merah" language spoken on Bomberai Peninsula on the western coast of Papua. For the "Tanah Merah" language spoken on Tanahmerah Bay on the northern coast of Papua, see Tabla language.
Sumuri
Sumeri
Tanah Merah
RegionSumuri District, Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua (Bapai Rover and Gondu River areas)
EthnicitySumuri
Native speakers
(500 cited 1978)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tcm
Glottologtana1288
ELPTanahmerah
Map: The Sumeri language of New Guinea (located at left, in the Bird's Head)
  The Sumeri language
  Other Trans–New Guinea languages
  Other Papuan languages
  Austronesian languages
  Uninhabited

Sumuri or Sumeri (one of two Papuan languages also known as Tanah Merah) is a language spoken in Sumuri District, Teluk Bintuni Regency on the Bomberai Peninsula by about a thousand people.

  1. ^ Sumuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)