| Bauzi | |
|---|---|
| Region | IndonesianPapua |
| Ethnicity | Bauzi |
Native speakers | (1,500 cited 1991)[1] |
East Geelvink Bay
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bvz |
| Glottolog | bauz1241 |
Bauzi (also writtenBaudi, Baudji, Baudzi, Bauri) is aPapuan language of theEast Geelvink Bay family spoken in theIndonesian province ofPapua.
Dialects are Gesda Dae, Neao, and Aumenefa. Villages are Danau Bira, Itaba, Kustera, Neao, Noiadi, Solom, and Vakiadi.[2] It is reported to use a mode ofwhistled speech.
Bauzi is the best documented East Geelvink Bay language, but may or may not be representative of the Geelvink Bay family as a whole.[3]
Consonants:[3]
| t | k | |||
| b | d | ʣ | ɡ | |
| f | s | h | ||
| v | ||||
| m | n | |||
| l |
Vowels:[3]
| i | u |
| e | o |
| æ | |
| a |
Bauzi pronoun roots are:[3]
| sg | pl | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | e- | i- |
| 2 | o- | u- |
| 3 | a- |
The two directional suffixes are:[3]
Aspectual suffixes are:[3]
Bauzi verbs that have number agreement for singular and plural:[3]: 521