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The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar
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- English
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eBook - ePub
The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar
About this book
Some 800 Austronesian languages are spoken in the area extending from Madagascar to eastern Indonesia and to the north to Taiwan and the Philippines. They vary greatly in almost every possible respect, including the size and social make-up of the speech communities and their typological profiles. This book is designed to serve as a reference work a
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Yes, you can access The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar by K Alexander Adelaar, Nikolaus Himmelmann, K Alexander Adelaar,Nikolaus Himmelmann in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Languages. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of contributors
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: a historical perspective
- 2 Language shift and endangerment
- 3 Colonial history and language policy in Insular Southeast Asia and Madagascar
- 4 Ritual languages, special registers and speech decorum in Austronesian languages
- 5 The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: typological characteristics
- 6 Old Malay
- 7 Structural diversity in the Malayic subgroup
- 8 Colloquial Indonesian
- 9 Tsou
- 10 Seediq
- 11 Iloko
- 12 Tagalog
- 13 Sama (Bajau)
- 14 Kimaragang
- 15 Belait
- 16 Malagasy
- 17 Phan Rang Cham
- 18 Moken and Moklen
- 19 Karo Batak
- 20 Nias
- 21 Javanese
- 22 Buol
- 23 Makassar
- 24 Mori Bawah
- 25 Kambera
- 26 Tetun and Leti
- 27 Taba
- 28 Biak
- Language index
- Subject index