Bauzi (also written Baudi, Baudji, Baudzi, Bauri) is a Papuan language of the East Geelvink Bay family spoken in the Indonesian province of Papua.
| Bauzi | |
|---|---|
| Region | Indonesian Papua |
| Ethnicity | Bauzi |
Native speakers | (1,500 cited 1991)[1] |
East Geelvink Bay
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bvz |
| Glottolog | bauz1241 |
Dialects are Gesda Dae, Neao, and Aumenefa. Villages are Danau Bira, Itaba, Kustera, Neao, Noiadi, Solom, and Vakiadi.[2] It is reported to use a mode of whistled speech.
Bauzi is the best documented East Geelvink Bay language, but may or may not be representative of the Geelvink Bay family as a whole.[3]
Phonology edit
Consonants:[3]
t k b d ʣ ɡ f s h v m n l
Vowels:[3]
i u e o æ a
Pronouns edit
Bauzi pronoun roots are:[3]
sg pl 1 e- i- 2 o- u- 3 a-
Morphology edit
The two directional suffixes are:[3]
- -su ‘toward’
- -to ‘away’
Aspectual suffixes are:[3]
- imperfective -da
- perfective -ho
- prospective -lo (homophonous with the verb ‘give’)
- inceptive -le (homophonous with the verb ‘come’)
- conative -so
- resultative/stative -de
- iterative -dete ~ -ia
Verbs edit
Bauzi verbs that have number agreement for singular and plural:[3]: 521
- faito ‘cut down [SG.OBJ]’, fikboa ‘cut down [PL.OBJ]’
- valo ‘pull out [SG.OBJ]’, vaomoa ‘pull out [PL.OBJ]’
- esu ‘put [SG.OBJ]’, vahe ‘put [PL.OBJ]’
- ai ‘stay [SG.SBJ], esi ‘stay [PL.SBJ]’
- ita ‘flee [SG.SBJ]’, ili ‘flee [PL.OBJ]’
References edit
- ^ Bauzi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ a b c d e f g Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.