A short grammar of Inanwatan, an endangered language of the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia
This
short grammar documents the Inanwatan language, an endangered language
of the Bird's Head of West Papua (Indonesia). It deals with major
patterns of phonology, morphology and syntax of Inanwatan. It also
contains a vocabulary, extensive texts and materials from a linguistic
survey of the Inanwatan district. The introductory chapter contains a
discussion of the sociolinguistic and historical context of the
Inanwatan language. Special emphasis is given to the field linguistic
problems that arise from describing a Papuan language in an advanced
stage of generational erosion and on the basis of data in which Malay
and Malayicised vernacular are often very hard to tell apart.
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