Ngalmun Lagaw Yangukudu: The language of our homeland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Cultural Heritage Series

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 323-446

  Mitchell, Rod ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australian Indigenous Languages; Australian Paman; Austronesian; East Trans Fly Papuan; Language contact; Minority Languages; Mixed Languages; Torres Strait Languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936990505     PISSN: 14404788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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