The Alor-Pantar Languages: History and Typology

by Marian Klamer

Book Overview

The Alor-Pantar family constitutes the westernmost outlier group of Papuan (Non-Austronesian) languages. Its twenty or so languages are spoken on the islands of Alor and Pantar, located just north of Timor, in eastern In- donesia. Together with the Papuan languages of Timor, they make up the Timor-Alor-Pantar family. The languages average 5,000 speakers and are under pressure from the local Malay variety as well as the national lan- guage, Indonesian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013284828
• ISBN13: 9781013284823
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 2.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 11.0"