Boazi languages explained

Boazi
Also Known As:	Lake Murray
Region:	Lake Murray, New Guinea
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:	Anim (Fly River)^[1]
Map:	Boazi languages.svg
Mapcaption:	Map: The Boazi languages of New Guinea
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:^[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-

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.

External links

• Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–Lake Murray

Notes and References

1. https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/fly-river New Guinea World, Fly River
2. https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/fly-river/lake-murray New Guinea World, Lake Murray