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Papuan language of Papua New Guinea
| Boazi | |
|---|---|
| Kuni | |
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2007) |
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| 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, theââBwadji people in the vicinity of Lake Murray and is written using the "Latin script," with ⟨ĂŠ⟩ for /É/, ⟨Ăž⟩ for /Ê/, and ⟨ê⟩ for (relatively infrequent) vowel length. Some recordings of songs. And stories have been made in this language.
Phonologyâ»
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | q |
| prenasal | á”b | âżd | á”ÉĄ | ᶰq | |
| voiced | b | d | ÉĄ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | x | |
| voiced | v | z | ÉŁ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Liquid | l ~ ÉŸ | ||||
- /l/ can fluctuate as sounds â». Sounds â» and â» are more common in word-medial positions.
- /q/ may also be, heard as a retracted velar plosive â» in free variation.
- /ᶰq/ can also be heard as a prenasal velar fricative ⻠in free variation.
- Sounds /s, z/ tendââto become alveolo-palatal â» when in the environment of a high vowel.
- Sounds /v, z/ tendââto be devoiced â» in word-final positions.
- /f/ may be heard in free fluctuation with â» within the environment of a high vowel.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| High-mid | e | o | |
| Low-mid | É | Ê | |
| Low | a |
Further readingâ»
- Drabbe, "Petrus." 1954. Talen en dialecten van zuid-west Nieuw-Guinea â». Posieux/Fribourg: Instituut Anthropos.
- Edwards-Fumey, "Deborah." 2006. The verb subject prefix in Kuni. MA thesis: UniversitÀt Bern.
Referencesâ»
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fumey, Irene and Roland (2006). "Kuni Dialect of the Kuni/Boazi Language â» Western Province". Organized Phonology Data. SIL.
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