| Asmat–Muli Strait | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Indonesia (New Guinea) |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | None |
 Map: The Asmat-Muli Strait languages of New Guinea The Asmat–Kamrau Bay languages The Muli Strait languages Other Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited | |
TheAsmat–Muli Strait languages are a branch of theTrans–New Guinea languages spoken along the southern coast ofIndonesian New Guinea, established by Timothy Usher and Edgar Suter.[1]
Protoforms of basic vocabulary include *moi 'water', *iafVnV 'ear', *uase 'name', *awoɣ 'breast'.[1]
Asmat–Muli Strait consists of two primary subgroups:[2]
Proto-Asmat–Muli Strait is reconstructed with 12 consonants and 5 vowels:[1]
| *m | *n | ||
| *p | *t | *k | |
| *(m)b | *(n)d | *(ŋ)g | |
| *s | |||
| *w | *ɾ | *j |
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[1]
| gloss | Proto-Asmat-Muli | Proto-Asmat-Kamrau | Proto-Muli Strait |
|---|---|---|---|
| head/hair | *gVɸV | *uɸu | *ɣo̝p, *ɣo̝w |
| ear | *iaɸVnV | *iaɸ[a/o]ne | *ie̝pær |
| nose/tip | *mVnVgV | *m[e/a]n[e] | *mæne̝ɣ |
| tooth/sharp | *sisV | *sisV | *-sir |
| blood | *[i/e]sV | *ese | *ir |
| breast | *awVgV | *awo | *abuɣ |
| louse | *amV | *amo | *am |
| dog | *iuwuɾi | *juwuɾi | *i[u]bui |
| pig | *[o/u]ɸV | *oɸo | *up |
| egg | *[o]k[a] | *oka | |
| sun | *jau[a] | *jawu | *zaua |
| water | *mVi | *moi | *mo̝i |
| name | *uase | *uwase | *ur |
| eat | *nV | *nV | *no̝ku |