Grammatical Sketch of Hainan Cham
Grammatical Sketch of Hainan Cham
About this book
This volume is a grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham, an endangered tonal Austronesian language. The study focuses on three areas: social background and contact history, the grammar (including all the recorded vocabulary), and a description of the sound system (including acoustic description). The appendixes also include the wordlist of Sanya Chinese forms and four analyzed texts.
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- OL Work ID
- OL21802932W
Subjects
Cham languageDialectsHistoryGrammarPhonology