Tohi Vagahau Niue: Niue Language Dictionary

by Wolfgang B. Sperlich

Tohi Vagahau Niue is a significant new dictionary detailing the Polynesian language of Niue, and will benefit Niuean studies for years to come.

While its main aim is to be a repository for native speakers, it will also serve a wider linguistic audience, including comparativists and theorists in lexicography. Detailed "user notes" introduce the reader to the basic challenges in Niuean lexicography and grammar. With some 10,000 Niuean word...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824819330
• ISBN13: 9780824819330
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Government of Niue
• Length: 606 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"