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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.

Boazi
Lake Murray
Geographic
distribution		Lake Murray, New Guinea
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
Subdivisions
Glottologboaz1244
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

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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

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The pronouns are:[2]

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

References

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

Further reading

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  • 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
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