Sumeri language

Sumeri
Tanah Merah
Region	West Papua
Native speakers	(500 cited 1978)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Sumeri
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	tana1288
Map: The Sumeri language of New Guinea   The Sumeri language   Other Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

Sumeri or Sumerine (one of two Papuan languages also known as ) is a language spoken on the Bomberai Peninsula by about a thousand people.

In the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005), Sumeri forms an independent branch of the Trans–New Guinea family. It has also been linked to the Mairasi languages, but those do not share the TNG pronouns of Sumeri. The pronouns are:

There are no 3rd-person personal pronouns, only demonstratives. The pronouns appear to reflect pTNG *na 1sg, *ga 2sg, and *gi 2pl.