Boazi languages

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.
 * *m || *n || ||
 * *p || *t || || *k
 * [*b] || [*d] || || *g
 * *mb || *nd || || *ŋg
 * *f || *s || ||
 * *w || || *j || *ɣ
 * }
 * *f || *s || ||
 * *w || || *j || *ɣ
 * }
 * *w || || *j || *ɣ
 * }

Pronouns
The pronouns are:

! !!sg!!pl !1 !2 !3m !3f
 * no(k)||*ni(k)
 * ɣo(k)||*jo(k)
 * e-||rowspan=2|*i-
 * u-
 * }