A Grammar of Teiwa

by Marian Klamer

Teiwa is a non-Austronesian ('Papuan') language spoken on the island of Pantar, in eastern Indonesia, located just north of Timor island. It has approx. 4,000 speakers and is highly endangered. While the non-Austronesian languages of the Alor-Pantar archipelago are clearly related to each other, as indicated by the many apparent cognates and the very similar pronominal paradigms found across the group, their genetic relationship to other Papuan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110226065
• ISBN13: 9783110226065
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 2.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary