| Tamer | |
| Also Known As: | Smerki |
| Nativename: | Kanum |
| Region: | Yanggandur in southeast Merauke Regency, Indonesia |
| Ethnicity: | Kanum |
| Speakers: | 120 |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans-Fly – Bulaka River? |
| Fam2: | Yam |
| Fam3: | Tonda |
| Iso3: | none |
| Glotto: | none |
Tamer (Tämer) is a Yam language of Yanggandur in southeast Merauke Regency, Indonesia.[1] It forms a dialect continuum with Smerki (Smärki), and indeed goes by that name.
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