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Boazi
Lake Murray
Geographic
distribution		Lake Murray, New Guinea
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
  • Anim (Fly River)
    • Boazi
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologboaz1244
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.

Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:

*m *n
*p *t *k
*g
*mb *nd *ŋg
*f *s
*w *j *ɣ

Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.

Pronouns

The pronouns are:

sg pl
1 *no(k) *ni(k)
2 *ɣo(k) *jo(k)
3m *e- *i-
3f *u-

References

  1. New Guinea World, Fly River
  2. ^ New Guinea World, Lake Murray

Further reading

  • 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

Anim languages
Tirio (Lower Fly)
Boazi (Lake Murray)
Marind–Yaqai
Inland Gulf


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