Asmat–Mombum languages
The Asmat–Mombum 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.
Protoforms of basic vocabulary include *moi 'water', *iafVnV 'ear', *uase 'name', *awoɣ 'breast'.Phonology
Proto-Asmat–Mombum is reconstructed with 12 consonants and 5 vowels:
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
