The Asmat–Muli Strait languages are a branch of the
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 Indone ...
spoken along the southern coast of
Indonesian New Guinea, established by Timothy Usher and Edgar Suter.
[New Guinea World, Asmat – Muli Strait]
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Protoforms of basic vocabulary include *moi 'water', *iafVnV 'ear', *uase 'name', *awoɣ 'breast'.[
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Subdivision
Asmat–Muli Strait consists of two primary subgroups:
Proto-language
Phonology
Proto-Asmat–Muli Strait is reconstructed with 12 consonants and 5 vowels:[
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Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
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Basic vocabulary
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[
:
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References
External links
* Timothy Usher & Edgar Suter, New Guinea World
Proto–Asmat – Muli StraitAsmat-Kamrau Bay
New Guinea World.
Asmat-Kamoro
New Guinea World.
Asmat
New Guinea World.
Kamrau Bay
New Guinea World.
Muli Strait
New Guinea World.
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Languages of Indonesia
Languages of Western New Guinea
Trans–New Guinea languages