The Asmat–Muli Strait languages are a branch of the
Trans–New Guinea languages
Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands ‒ corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as parts of Indonesia.
Trans–New Guinea is the third-lar ...
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