Boazi language

Boazi
Boazi
Kuni
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	4,500 (2007)
Language family	Anim Marind-Boazi-Yaqai Kuni-Boazi Boazi; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kvg
Glottolog	kuni1265

Boazi (Bwadji), also known as Kuni after one of its dialects, is a Papuan language spoken in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea by the Bwadji people in the vicinity of Lake Murray and is written using the Latin script, with ⟨æ⟩ for /ɛ/, ⟨ø⟩ for /ʌ/, and ⟨꞉⟩ for (relatively infrequent) vowel length. Some recordings of songs and stories have been made in this language.

Phonology

Consonants
		Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Uvular
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	k	q
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᵑɡ	ᶰq
	voiced	b	d	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	x
Fricative	voiced	v	z	ɣ
Nasal		m	n
Liquid			l ~ ɾ

/l/ can fluctuate as sounds [l ~ d ~ ɾ]. Sounds [ɾ] and [d] are more common in word-medial positions.
/q/ may also be heard as a retracted velar plosive [k̠] in free variation.
/ᶰq/ can also be heard as a prenasal velar fricative [ᵑɣ] in free variation.
Sounds /s, z/ tend to become alveolo-palatal [ɕ, ʑ] when in the environment of a high vowel.
Sounds /v, z/ tend to be devoiced [v̥, z̥] in word-final positions.
/f/ may be heard in free fluctuation with [θ] within the environment of a high vowel.

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
High-mid	e		o
Low-mid	ɛ		ʌ
Low		a

References

↑ Boazi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ "worldbibles.org". World Bibles.
↑ Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. p. 86. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
1 2 Fumey, Irene and Roland (2006). "Kuni Dialect of the Kuni/Boazi Language [KVG] Western Province". Organized Phonology Data. SIL.

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[e18-1] Boazi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "worldbibles.org". World Bibles.

[Foley-NWNG-3] Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. p. 86. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

[:0-4] 1 2 Fumey, Irene and Roland (2006). "Kuni Dialect of the Kuni/Boazi Language [KVG] Western Province". Organized Phonology Data. SIL.

v t e Anim languages
Tirio (Lower Fly)	Baramu Bitur Makayam Were
Boazi (Lake Murray)	Boazi Zimakani
Marind–Yaqai	Bipim Marind Yaqay
Inland Gulf	Ipiko Foia Foia Hoia Hoia Hoyahoya Mubami

Boazi language

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