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:
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
Pronouns
The pronouns are:
References
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, Proto–Lake Murray
