Boazi languages
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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.
Geographic
distributionLake Murray, New Guinea
distributionLake Murray, New Guinea
| Boazi | |
|---|---|
| Lake Murray | |
| Geographic distribution | Lake Murray, New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| 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
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
The pronouns are:[2]
sg pl 1 *no(k) *ni(k) 2 *ɣo(k) *jo(k) 3m *e- *i- 3f *u-
