Boazi | |
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Lake Murray | |
Geographic distribution | Lake Murray, New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea |
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | boaz1244 |
Map: The Boazi languages of New Guinea
The Boazi languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
The Boazi languages, also known as the Lake Murray languages, are a pair of languages in the Trans–New Guinea family, spoken near Lake Murray (Papua New Guinea). They were previously classified in the Marind branch.
The languages are Kuni-Boazi and Zimakani.
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows: [2]
*m | *n | ||
*p | *t | *k | |
[*b] | [*d] | *g | |
*mb | *nd | *ŋg | |
*f | *s | ||
*w | *j | *ɣ |
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
The pronouns are: [2]
sg | pl | |
---|---|---|
1 | *no(k) | *ni(k) |
2 | *ɣo(k) | *jo(k) |
3m | *e- | *i- |
3f | *u- |
Boazi | |
---|---|
Lake Murray | |
Geographic distribution | Lake Murray, New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea |
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | boaz1244 |
Map: The Boazi languages of New Guinea
The Boazi languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
The Boazi languages, also known as the Lake Murray languages, are a pair of languages in the Trans–New Guinea family, spoken near Lake Murray (Papua New Guinea). They were previously classified in the Marind branch.
The languages are Kuni-Boazi and Zimakani.
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows: [2]
*m | *n | ||
*p | *t | *k | |
[*b] | [*d] | *g | |
*mb | *nd | *ŋg | |
*f | *s | ||
*w | *j | *ɣ |
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
The pronouns are: [2]
sg | pl | |
---|---|---|
1 | *no(k) | *ni(k) |
2 | *ɣo(k) | *jo(k) |
3m | *e- | *i- |
3f | *u- |