Boazi languages
{{Infobox language family
|name=Boazi
|altname=Lake Murray
|ethnicity=
|region=Lake Murray, New Guinea
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Trans–New Guinea
|fam2=Anim (Fly River)[https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/fly-river New Guinea World, Fly River]
|map=Boazi languages.svg
|mapcaption=Map: The Boazi languages of New Guinea
{{legend|#FF5E5F|The Boazi languages}}
{{legend|#7BB5B6|Other Trans–New Guinea languages}}
{{legend|#D9D9D9|Other Papuan languages}}
{{legend|#E09D00|Austronesian languages}}
{{legend|white|Uninhabited}}
|child1=Boazi (Kuni)
|child2=Zimakani
|glotto=boaz1244
|glottorefname=Boazi
}}
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:[https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/fly-river/lake-murray New Guinea World, Lake Murray]
:
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| *m | *n | ||
| *p | *t | *k | |
| [*b] | [*d] | *g | |
| *mb | *nd | *ŋg | |
| *f | *s | ||
| *w | *j | *ɣ |
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
Pronouns
References
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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
- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, [https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/fly-river/lake-murray Proto–Lake Murray]
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Category:Languages of Papua New Guinea
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