Taeme language

{{short description|Pahoturi language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Taeme

|altname=Tame

|region=Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea

|speakers=834

|date=2018

|ref=

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans-Fly

|fam2=Pahoturi

|iso3=

|glotto=tame1238

|glottorefname=Taeme

}}

Taeme (or Tame) is a Pahoturi language spoken in Kondobol ward, northeast Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 834 people in Taeme village ({{coord|-8.046723|141.525347|type:city_region:PG|name=Taeme Community School}}), Kondobol ward, Morehead Rural LLG.{{cite book |last=Evans |first=Nicholas |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The languages of Southern New Guinea |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=641-774 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}

Taeme is most closely related to Idi.