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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.

A Grammatical Sketch of Hainan Cham: History, Contact, and Phonology

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      Publisher: De Gruyter
      Publication Date: 26/05/2014
      ISBN13: 9781614517344, 978-1614517344
      ISBN10: 1614517347

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      Book Synopsis
      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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