Bauzi language


Bauzi is a Papuan language of the East [Geelvink Bay languages|East Geelvink Bay family] spoken in the Indonesian province of Papua.
Dialects are Gesda Dae, Neao, and Aumenefa. Villages are Danau Bira, Itaba, Kustera, Neao, Noiadi, Solom, and Vakiadi. It is reported to use a mode of whistled 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.

Phonology

Consonants:
Vowels:

Pronouns

Bauzi pronoun roots are:

Morphology

The two directional suffixes are:
  • -su ‘toward’
  • -to ‘away’
Aspectual suffixes are:
  • imperfective -da
  • perfective -ho
  • prospective -lo
  • inceptive -le
  • conative -so
  • resultative/stative -de
  • iterative -dete ~ -''ia''

Verbs

Bauzi verbs that have number agreement for singular and plural:
  • faito ‘cut down ’, fikboa ‘cut down ’
  • valo ‘pull out ’, vaomoa ‘pull out ’
  • esu ‘put ’, vahe ‘put ’
  • ai ‘stay, esi ‘stay ’
  • ita ‘flee ’, ili ‘flee ’