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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 Zimakani is a Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore island .... 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. External links * Timothy Usher, New Guinea WorldProto–Lake Murra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Murray (Papua New Guinea)
Lake Murray is the largest lake in Papua New Guinea. It is located in Lake Murray Rural LLG, Middle Fly District, Western Province at , which covers approximately 647 km2 and in the wet season increases to five times the size. It has a highly convoluted shoreline more than 2000 km long. The lake has been a source of nourishment for many of the local peoples. Freshwater Sawfish (fish), sawfish have been caught in its shallow waters to feed the crocodiles in a farming operation. Indigenous tribes of around 5000 people own the lake and the surrounding one million hectares of forest. Lake Murray is known for a large population of peacock bass that were introduced by Indian merchants. File:Lake Murray PNG NASA.jpg, From space (false color) Illegal logging In 2003, logging company Concord Pacific was forced out of the area by Greenpeace and other NGO's. 100,000 hectares of ancient forest was degraded by the logging along the Kiunga-Aiambak road. Greenpeace Global Forest R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Mainland Australia, Australia by the wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf, and were united during episodes of low sea level in the Pleistocene glaciations as the combined landmass of Sahul. Numerous smaller islands are located to the west and east. The island's name was given by Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez during his maritime expedition of 1545 due to the perceived resemblance of the indigenous peoples of the island to those in the Guinea (region), African region of Guinea. The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the nation of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea, forms a part of Indonesia and is organized as the provinces of Pap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans–New Guinea Languages
Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive Language family, family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands, a region corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as Western New Guinea, parts of Indonesia. Trans–New Guinea is perhaps the List of language families#By number of languages, third-largest language family in the world by number of languages. The core of the family is considered to be established, but its boundaries and overall membership are uncertain. The languages are spoken by around 3 million people. There have been several main proposals as to its internal classification. History of the proposal Although Papuan languages for the most part are poorly documented, several of the branches of Trans–New Guinea have been recognized for some time. The Eleman languages were first proposed by S. Ray in 1907, parts of Marind languages, Marind were recognized by Ray and JHP Murray in 1918, and the Rai Coast languages in 1919, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anim Languages
The Anim or Fly River languages are a language family in south-central New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ... established by Usher & Suter (2015).Timothy Usher and Edgar Suter (2015) "The Anim Languages of Southern New Guinea". ''Oceanic Linguistics'' 54:110–142 The names of the family derive from the Fly River and from the Proto-Anim word *anim 'people'. Languages The 17 Anim languages belong to the following four subfamilies: * Inland Gulf * Tirio (Lower Fly River) * Boazi (Lake Murray) * Marind (Marind–Yaqai) The moribund Abom language, previously considered a member of the Tirio family, is of uncertain classification, possibly Trans–New Guinea, but does not appear to be Anim. The extinct Karami language, attested only in a short word list and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boazi Language
Boazi (Bwadji), also known as Kuni after one of its dialects, is a Papuan language spoken in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ... by the Bwadji people in the vicinity of Lake Murray and is written using the Latin script, with for , for , and for (relatively infrequent) vowel length. Some recordings of songs and stories have been made in this language. Phonology * /l/ can fluctuate as sounds ~ d ~ ɾ Sounds �and are more common in word-medial positions. * /q/ may also be heard as a retracted velar plosive ̠in free variation. * /ᶰq/ can also be heard as a prenasal velar fricative ��ɣin free variation. * Sounds /s, z/ tend to become alveolo-palatal �, ʑwhen in the environment of a high vowel. * Sounds /v, z/ te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimakani Language
Zimakani is a Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ... by approximately 1,500 people. References Bibliography The Unevangelized Fields Mission has texts (gospel tracts) of Zimakani. *Unevangelized Fields Mission. 1956. ''Jesu’ba Woituwoituda''. Unevangelized Fields Mission. *Unevangelized Fields Mission. 1966. ''John’ba Lagitada Magata''. Unevangelized Fields Mission. External links * PARADISEC has an open access collection thaincludes Zimakani language materials Boazi languages Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) {{PapuaNewGuinea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marind Languages
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Marind may refer to: *Marind people * Marind languages **Marind language Marind is a Papuan language spoken in Malind District, Merauke Regency, Indonesia by over ten thousand people. Dialects are Southeast Marind, Gawir, Holifoersch, and Tugeri. Bian Marind (Northwest Marind), also known as Boven-Mbian, is divergent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuni-Boazi Language
Boazi (Bwadji), also known as Kuni after one of its dialects, is a Papuan language spoken in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ... by the Bwadji people in the vicinity of Lake Murray and is written using the Latin script, with for , for , and for (relatively infrequent) vowel length. Some recordings of songs and stories have been made in this language. Phonology * /l/ can fluctuate as sounds ~ d ~ ɾ Sounds �and are more common in word-medial positions. * /q/ may also be heard as a retracted velar plosive ̠in free variation. * /ᶰq/ can also be heard as a prenasal velar fricative ��ɣin free variation. * Sounds /s, z/ tend to become alveolo-palatal �, ʑwhen in the environment of a high vowel. * Sounds /v, z/ te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Zimakani is a Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore island .... 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. External links * Timothy Usher, New Guinea WorldProto–Lake Murra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
