A grammar of Komnzo

Komnzo is a Papuan language of Southern New Guinea spoken by around 250 people in the village of Rouku. Komnzo belongs to the Tonda subgroup of the Yam language family, which is also known as the Morehead Upper-Maro group. This grammar provides the first comprehensive description of a Yam language....

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Main Author: Döhler, Christian (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin Language Science Press 2019
Series:Studies in Diversity Linguistics
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