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.
| 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 languages are Kuni-Boazi and Zimakani.
Phonemes edit
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.
Pronouns edit
The pronouns are:[2]
sg pl 1 *no(k) *ni(k) 2 *ɣo(k) *jo(k) 3m *e- *i- 3f *u-
References edit
Further reading edit
- Voorhoeve, C.L. "The Languages of the Lake Murray Area". In Voorhoeve, C., McElhanon, K., Blowers, B. and Blowers, R. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 12. A-25:1-18. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1970. doi:10.15144/PL-A25.1
External links edit
- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–Lake Murray
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