Asmat–Mombum languages

The Asmat–Muli Strait languages are a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages spoken along the southern coast of Indonesian New Guinea, established by Timothy Usher and Edgar Suter.

Asmat–Muli Strait
Geographic
distribution
New Guinea
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
  • Asmat–Muli Strait
Subdivisions
GlottologNone
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

Protoforms of basic vocabulary include *moi 'water', *iafVnV 'ear', *uase 'name', *awoɣ 'breast'.

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