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:New Guinea World, Lake Murray
| *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:
! !!sg!!pl |- !1 |*no(k)||*ni(k) |- !2 |*ɣo(k)||*jo(k) |- !3m |*e-||rowspan=2|*i- |- !3f |*u-
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.